In September we get to go to Helford Passage, at the invitation of a generous friend, and that gives me a chance to visit some of the Lizard's coastline. The geology of this southern most peninsula of the UK is complex and distinctive: the tip of the Lizard is not really part of the UK geology at all, much of it having formed on another plate, deep within the earth's crust. I have a geological map that helps the understanding a bit but as it is not thoroughly understood by the experts even, what chance have I?
In the number of times I have explored the Lizard coasts I have come to appreciate the singular extent of colour, shape and bedding of these series of rocks. They never fail to surprise me. This time I visited Kennack again, where late holiday makers were still sunning themselves on the fine sands there, but not so at the eastern end, beyond Caerverracks, which I had almost to myself. Last time I came this way it was raining and the colours were very bright in an otherwise grey seascape . . .
If you would like to see some of the pictures I made in these three places you can click on the links below. I think they will need further sorting and perhaps integrating into the other albums made of Kennack and Parc-en-Als . . . but for now they are compiled by date made.
flickr album southern colours: kennack
flickr album southern colours: little trigg rocks
flickr album southern colours: pard-en-als III
I regret that I can't illustrate this blog more appropriately: upload speeds are so deplorable here in rural north devon these days . . . that's BT Broadband for you . . .
