Cornwall has beautiful beaches with excellent swimming, but now and then...

...we get some pretty dramatic stormy weather.

Back in the archives it's January 2006, start of a new year, and Newquay in January was looking pretty good...


...more like a summer scene but not warm enough to go in for a swim.

January 2006 also produced a pretty spectacular sunset...

...which included a sun pillar.

On a visit to Truro I took a few pics inside the cathedral...

On the Camel Trail in Cornwall...

...I came across this little robin which was happy to pose for me.

Back in the archives we're up to December 2005, and one of my favourite bird images...

...a chaffinch seen through my kitchen window, on the apple tree in my garden.

A golden sunrise makes a lovely backdrop for a silhouette of St. Columb church...


December brought another change in the weather, gone the snow from the end of November and we were back to early autumnal like days. This was taken in Newquay, showing Towan Beach and The Island...


Truro was decorated for Christmas, and here we are looking across a large marquee erected on the Piazza at Lemon Quay to the spires of Truro Cathedral...

The marquee was the home of Christmas markets with a good selection of Cornish crafts and products.

There's something about Cornwall.....
or more exactly the North Cornwall Coast where we get wonderful sunsets across the Atlantic ocean, like this one from November 2005...

...taken from the clifftops at Bedruthan Steps, one of my favourite spots for catching great sunsets.

I'm back in the archives again, looking through November 2005. Apart from great sunsets this month was also great for moonshots...

In fact most of the month was quite mild for the time of year and I had some nice days out including a trip to Truro where the late afternoon sun created a lovely golden look to the cathedral...

...and the sun warmed up a lovely Sunday afternoon in Padstow...

...but a sudden change in the last week of November 2005 brought some uncommon winter scenery to the Cornish countryside...



...and so ended November 2005!