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

images from A Hole in the Ground, an exhibition (in aid of NSPCC) in our parish hall of arts and crafts inspired by mining in the T...

in the same woods lies the entrance to the Excelsior tunnel which leads deep under Kit Hill. It was used in operation Orpheus by the atom...

It was a beautiful sunny day and we went for a walk around Devon Great Consul mine workings (see my link ). It is a barren place for the ...

there is no doubt that we live in an interesting place. These are the old mine workings at Holmbush, which have been restored is very well...

Spot's house from Holmbush woods, looking North across the valleys of the Inny and Tamar, with Duchy Agricultural College to the left. B...

more catkins (nothing else wild is out yet except snowdrops, of which we have blogged enough for this year)

the greening effect of the metals in the spoil tip is very obvious at this time of year.

we spent a very pleasant day in and around St Agnes (another name on the long list of obscure Cornish (celtic) saints. St Agnes (see link )s...

there are several different species of moss growing even in this hostile soil (see link ).

the striking colours on this spoil heap (near Old Mill) may be something to do with the toxic metals (arsenic, copper, cadmium, etc) to be f...

perched on the top of this ruined mine stack is a very large vulture, watching the little furry hobbits (that's Frodo Lilly and Harriet)...