Cornwall's Hidden History Blog
I picked up another film from the developer this week. And as always it is that moment of trepidation that is half the fun, what will the pictures be like, did I breathe and blur, have I managed any double exposures and is that a good or a bad thing? The gentleman behind the counter […]
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I recently found an old camera in a charity shop. After ringing a photographer friend of mine to establish whether it was still possible to get film for it I bought it on a whim. I have always been a sucker for the old fashioned. The camera that I had found was a Kodak Box Brownie […]
Read MoreThe hedge towers above me, the moss is thick and bright green, lush ferns give the scene an ancient and almost topical feel. I am standing on Cornwall’s oldest ‘road’. The Giant’s Hedge This route once ran for 10 miles between Lerryn and Looe and was in use around 4000 years old. The road cuts so deep down into […]
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Driving the Cornish coast along what is romantically known as the Atlantic Highway takes you down a road that rolls through a stunning landscape. The high tors of the moorland rise up on one side and the fields drop away to the wide sweep of the sea on the other. There beautiful coves and safe […]
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