My Back Garden....
Here are a few more photos of the estate I live on.
Penrose House is still lived in by the owner, but the grounds now belong to the National Trust and the stables and out-buildings have been converted into a holiday cottage, office space and storage buildings. Part of my job involves mowing its extensive lawns (yawn) but at least this affords a good chance to find toads and watch the buzzards which call constantly overhead....
A view of the lake....
A great collection of mature Macrocarpa Monterey Cypress which lend an impressive structural element to views of the lake shore....
Cattle are grazed in the grounds by the reedbeds....
The beach at the seaward end of the estate is part of a 4 mile stretch from Porthleven in the north to Gunwalloe Fishing Cove in the south. This beach has been the scene of many shipwrecks in the past. Loe Bar is composed of small stones, some semi-precious, and separates an inland pool from the sea.
At Porthleven, famous for its crab and lobsters, there is a small sandy beach below the pier and opposite the channel. From here southwards, are areas of rock and sand until you reach the Bar. There are plenty of grassy areas on which to laze, but the beach shelves steeply causing whats known as a 'reef break' and due to strong currents is not suitable for swimming.
I've spent several evenings already watching the sun go down on the Bar. There's a tranquil warm tone to the sand and rocks in the last hour of daylight. Each time I've been there, if the wind is not too strong, a small flock of ringed plover will arrive and browse the shingle for flies, darting this way and that to snatch them from the weed.
Penrose House is still lived in by the owner, but the grounds now belong to the National Trust and the stables and out-buildings have been converted into a holiday cottage, office space and storage buildings. Part of my job involves mowing its extensive lawns (yawn) but at least this affords a good chance to find toads and watch the buzzards which call constantly overhead....
A view of the lake....
A great collection of mature Macrocarpa Monterey Cypress which lend an impressive structural element to views of the lake shore....
The beach at the seaward end of the estate is part of a 4 mile stretch from Porthleven in the north to Gunwalloe Fishing Cove in the south. This beach has been the scene of many shipwrecks in the past. Loe Bar is composed of small stones, some semi-precious, and separates an inland pool from the sea.
At Porthleven, famous for its crab and lobsters, there is a small sandy beach below the pier and opposite the channel. From here southwards, are areas of rock and sand until you reach the Bar. There are plenty of grassy areas on which to laze, but the beach shelves steeply causing whats known as a 'reef break' and due to strong currents is not suitable for swimming.
I've spent several evenings already watching the sun go down on the Bar. There's a tranquil warm tone to the sand and rocks in the last hour of daylight. Each time I've been there, if the wind is not too strong, a small flock of ringed plover will arrive and browse the shingle for flies, darting this way and that to snatch them from the weed.
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