Cornwall

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As a first post to start this new blog, here are a few photos from our recent holiday in Cornwall.
We stayed just outside Looe on the south coast, about 20 miles west of Plymouth.
Looe is a fishing port, divided into East and West Looe, on opposite sides of the estuary. It is used as the filming location for the TV series “Beyond Paradise” where it becomes the fictional town of “Shipton Abbott” in Devon.

East Looe, as seen from the bridge over the estuary that links East and West Looe.
East Looe beach, from the “Banjo Pier”
The Pasty Thief – take care with your ice creams and pasties!
West Looe as seen across the estuary from East Looe
Inside “Reach The Sea Ltd”. This is where the fish are packed after being brought in by the boats.
The Lifeboat Station at East Looe
The Banjo Pier – designed by Joseph Thomas and built by Daniel Taylor.

Just past West Looe on the other side of the estuary is Hannafore Point. This is far less busy than the East Looe beach and home to the excellent Hannafore Beach Kiosk!

St. George’s Island (also known as Looe Island) as seen from Hannafore.
Looking back to East Looe from Hannafore.
A flock of seagulls sit on the water at Hannafore. St. George’s Island lies in the background.
A lone fisherman on the rocks at Hannafore.

The fishing village of Polperro lies around four miles west of Looe. The streets are very narrow and vehicles are prohibited except for residents and businesses. This means visitors need to use the car park at the top and walk down into the village.

Polperro Harbour is dry at low tide.
Reverse view of the harbour.
The view from the Quay. The building on the rock is the “Net Loft”
View from the quay
The narrow streets of Polperro

All photographs taken with a Canon EOS R7 with a Canon RF 18-150mm lens and processed from raw using Canon Digital Photo Professional 4.

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