This section of coast was my first sight of the former Cornish mine workings, and evidence of the ores that they sought. Some sources link the etymology of Britain to the tin prized by the Romans and the Phoenicians; indeed, I was to glimpse a Phoenician connection later...According to Mark Rainsley in his excellent contribution to Pesda's series of sea kayaking pilotage notes, the yellow colouring between the high water mark and the start of the grass is xanthoria lichen. I'm not sure whether it is x.parietina, but that's close enough for me.
Took the obligatory tourist snapshot in the lee of St.Michael's Mount:
Landed on the slip at Penberth, and was immediately offered a cup of tea by Neil George, who described how a sou'westerly can raise seas that bounce off the headland and flood the foreshore higher than the ground floor of his cottage. He gave me a lift to the campsite at Treen, and returned with managers Kevin and Gill and their pickup to retrieve the boat. Very grateful to them all. Night much disturbed by wind and rain.
Took the obligatory tourist snapshot in the lee of St.Michael's Mount:
Landed on the slip at Penberth, and was immediately offered a cup of tea by Neil George, who described how a sou'westerly can raise seas that bounce off the headland and flood the foreshore higher than the ground floor of his cottage. He gave me a lift to the campsite at Treen, and returned with managers Kevin and Gill and their pickup to retrieve the boat. Very grateful to them all. Night much disturbed by wind and rain.
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