Sun - May 20, 2007

new gallery announcement


Obby Oss gallery added 20 May 2007

On 1 May every year the town of Padstow celebrates the coming of summer in its own unique manner. The red and the blue Obby Oss dance through Padstow's streets accompanied by a mobile band and teezed by a teezer. The music is rhythmic and haunting. Padstownians dress in white with blue or red ribbons depending on which Oss they follow.
It is colourful and memorable event.
Obby Oss Gallery

Posted at 03:25 PM    

Thu - February 22, 2007

gwennap pit


preaching site of john wesley



Gwennap Pit was first used by the methodist preacher John Wesley on 6 September 1762. He was unable to make himself heard above the high winds of that day from his usual spot and found the pit made his oratory audible to those inclined to listen. He used the site on 17 future occasions until 1789.
The depression probably occurred when the surface collapsed into a mine shaft. The original rough sides were transformed in 1806 to the present day 13 terraced tiers seating some 2,000 people. In a 1781 journal entry, Wesley claims to have preached to 20,000, all of whom could hear him.
Further info here.

Posted at 11:11 PM    

Sun - October 1, 2006

Looking west from Lundy Bay


pigeons in flight


Posted at 11:24 PM    

Fri - September 15, 2006

shot in a hedgerow


honeysuckle



Posted at 08:20 PM    

Sun - September 10, 2006

common frog


a step beyond the tadpole



Posted at 12:59 AM    

Tue - September 5, 2006

lily


floating flower



The Bude Canal, built between 1819 and 1825, was 35.5 miles long. It stretched from Bude to Holsworthy - a distance of about 5 miles. Its purpose was to carry sand (made rich in lime by seashells broken on Bude's offshore rocks) to the acidic soil of inland farms. Its trade was affected by the coming of railways and in 1902 the canal was sold to a local council and its upper reaches became a reservoir.
Today a couple of miles of the original canal makes a pleasant walk out of the town. This water lily was photographed from the tow path.

Posted at 12:14 AM    

Sat - September 2, 2006

A bird and a landscape


More new images.




This jackdaw arrived as I sat outside The Old Manor House in Boscastle. I guess he or she was after a few scraps of food, but I was the only human sitting outside and I didn't order anything to eat.



The weir, seaward of the waterfall at St. Nectan's Glen.

Posted at 11:54 PM    

Fri - September 1, 2006

new images


This is where new photos - which might one day reach the gallery pages of thewrightline.com - are posted.



I spotted this juvenile peregrine falcon searching for food over the cliffs of North Cornwall in August 2006. The background of the image is coastal Atlantic Ocean.


Clouded Yellow butterflies are rare visitors to Cornwall, but they arrived in high numbers during the summer of 2006. They fly rapidly and take short breaks with wings folded in the vertical position. This makes photographing them difficult. This chase was caught while I checked PoE 3 (Sandy Mouth).



This creature is called a bloodied nose beetle because it secretes an orange fluid from its face when under threat. I saw it crawling along the cliff path near Widemouth Bay. I like its big feet and it seemed to have a bit of character as it plodded with determination over the dry grass.

Posted at 02:55 AM    

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