a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

The world may not have ended yesterday, but it certainly feels like the second flood is upon us. The Inny, which is usually a timid...

Herb robert on the edge of the bridge at Beals Mill. It shows the rich red for which the plant was named (see previous page on blog). ...

Sometimes, just occasionally, something out of the ordinary happens. Today for the first time for a while we went for a walk along the Inny....

It has been very warm weather this weekend and the bluebells in our woods are at their peak. And, for the very first time we have actually m...

and now the joists are up, and the new flood barrier is looking good. New owners' daughter was almost swallowed up by the mud but was re...

meanwhile, back at the mill there has been some progress (again see earlier pictures by clicking on the label for Beals Mill). The foreman o...

slowly but surely (see earlier pics ) the ruins of the old mill are disappearing as a new house emerges like an exoskeleton around it. The l...

I had an interesting conversation today with someone who knows about old mills. Beals Mill dates back to at least the twelfth century, with...

mysterious machinery lurking in the heart of the old mill at Beals Mill.

industrial archaeology reveals the original mill (to the left) underneath the monstrous corrugated iron carbuncle at Beals Mill. Very soon t...