help

well what do I do now, actually I was checking the purity of the water and doing my seal impersonation. Did you know seals and dogs are probably very closely related and just about as intelligent as me. And we (well our wolf forebears) were here before there were any people at all, then the rivers were clean. Mum is doing her killer whale thing in the background.

Inny flow

this rock, hidden by the flow of the Inny, may be a bad sign of too much nutrient in the water. The red is due to algae, which if they bloom poison the water. Not good for a world heritage site.

holly blue

and this pretty blue butterfly, found in woodlands, with two broods a year.

skullcap

another blue plant, skullcap. This one patch is deep in the woods by the Tamar. It is barely noticeable but it's in the same place every year. Skullcap for the odd little pouch shown in the close up below which is supposed to look like a roman soldier's leather pouch (scutellum)

sheeps bit

and finally on this day of pretty blue flowers, a little patch of sheeps bit growing in Gunnislake. Lisa Chaffer told dad where to look, which was very kind of her, although he had to drive up and down through upper, middle, and lower Dimson repeatedly to find it.

borage

and a field of borage, just waiting to be added to a glass of Pimms on this hot July evening