From the archives we're up to June 2006, and the early part of that month starts as usual with the Royal Cornwall Show at Wadebridge.

One of my best from the show I think is this one taken at a blacksmiths forge...

...and a few more images from the show...








...it was a great show that year, but then it is every year.

And June 2006 produced what is in my opinion my best sunset image...


On June 22nd I went for a Summer Solstice walk on Bodmin Moor and met this young pony...

...and also took this self portrait...

...but of course the main attraction was the rugged landscape...


...and the rugged inhabitants...

A Cornwall magical sunset

On my journey through the archives I'm now up to March 2006. I've not taken any sunsets for ages, but back in 2006 they were one of my favourite subjects, and here is one from March 2006 which was one of my favourites...


On a walk along the Camel Trail near Wadebridge I came across this robin which seemed to like posing for photos...


On one of my visits to Bedruthan Steps on the North Cornwall coast I took this shot over Park Head to the Quies...


Many people know Cornwall for it's mild climate, beautiful sandy beaches, rugged coastline, mystical past, surfing etc. etc., but strange as it seems many are unfamiliar with it's beautiful mountains as seen in this photo...

The Cornish mountains, the Claytip Range, are home to Cornwalls Piskies, and as you can see from the photo even with our mild climate there is still snow on the upper slopes in March. You can read more about them here

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!

Going back into the archives again we are now up to October 2005. While October is well into Autumn this year it was still more like summer, as this photo taken on a trip down to St. Ives shows...

...where the artist was enjoying the mild weather and the beautiful light which has made St. Ives a popular home for artists.

I took many photos that day, another I count as one of my favourites is this one of the late afternoon sun in Barnoon Cemetery...

...surely one of the most beautiful last resting places there is.

Of course October is the month we tend to see a lot of pumpkins around, and in St. Columb we had a massive pumpkin sale...


Also in October 2005 I popped over to the Eden Project one day and took another of my all-time favourites, and a favourite with many others...

This was in the lily pond in the Rainforest Biome, although at the time they called it the Humid Tropics Biome.

I went back to the Eden Project for the third time this month on Tuesday, and surprising how many new things you can pick up in just a few days. I'm really after one flower which I think is almost ready to bloom, so will head off down there again today. Meanwhile, here is another colourful flower, this time a dahlia from the Outdoor Biome...

...the weather is still mild and there were butterflies flitting about outside...


In the archives from July 2005 I found this image, sepia and spot colour which I was quite pleased with...

Not a lot going on in July, most of the photos I uploaded were from earlier months - trying to catch up as usual!

I've been to the Eden Project twice in the past week, and why not when you can get lovely subjects like this...

Even in October still plenty of colour about even outside the biomes...

Loads more photos from the Eden Project in my Eden 2007 set on Flickr

Raiding the archives again and now up to June 2005, another busy month with the Royal Cornwall Show taking up a couple of days of my time. There's always so much to see there, and although it's basis is an agricultural show the Steam Fair is a great favourite with it's colourful rides...

...and then we have a lot of Cornish culture/heritage including Cornish Wrestling...

...and some cute animals of course...