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| St Agnes and Wheal Coates | 2018-09-11 | On to Beacon Farm Cottage camp site and the only day of the two weeks that was really lost to the weather.
As soon as we got to the campsite and sat down to admire the view, the fog and mizzle came in with a vengeance.
So we only did a short walk to the Wheal Cotes mine - very atmospheric perched on the cliff side and appearing out the gloom. The photos of fog and mist may not be the most exciting if you weren't there...
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Chapel Porth
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| Chapel Porth | 2021-09-18 | In the rain and mist. Always seems to be mizzly when we come to St Agnes.
Wheal Coates mine very atmospheric in the mist.
Surprised at how little beach there was at Chapel Porth at mid tide. We'll have to come back closer to low tide.
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Chapel Porth
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| Chapel Porth and Porthtowan | 2022-09-10 | Past the evocative Wheal Coates mine and down to Chapel Porth beach.
With a Springs low tide we then walked along to Porthtowan beach.
Scooby Hound very happy to have his first proper beach walk of the holiday.
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Chapel Porth
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| Mawgan Porth and Watergate Bay | 2014-09-17 | Actually the GPS track is just of Mawgan Porth but most of Scooby's walk was at Watergate Bay which is one bay to the west of here and quite a bit bigger.
Good crab soup at the Beach Hut at Watergate Bay.
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Mawgan Porth
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| Brough of Deerness | 2026-05-08 | Across the various "Churchill Barriers" (blocking entrance to Scapa Flow from the east side). Stopped off to view the Italian Chapel built by the Italian POWs who were "asked" to build the barriers. Then off to the north east tip of East Mainland Orkney for a walk to the Brough Of Deerness. Mad, hardy, ancient people (Picts, Norse and later) lived on a headland separated from the mainland.
You can climb to the actual Brough but the guide book talks about holding on to the chains to guard against the dizzying heights. Yeah - right - with my dog - not likely! So photos from a distance only!
The Gloup is a hole in the land when the sea comes in!
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Italian Chapel
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