Beach tree
On scorched and conflagrated sands, In sapped and grudging desolation, The solitary Upas stands Grim sentinel of all creation. – from The Upas Tree (Анчар) by Alexander Pushkin read more […]
Exiled
It wav’d not thro’ an Eastern sky, Beside a fount of Araby; It was not fann’d by southern breeze In some green isle of Indian seas, … But fair the exil’d […]
King Arthur stands tall
Gallos by Rubin Eynon, Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, May 2021 This 8-foot-tall bronze sculpture stands on the cliffs of Tintagel. It is named Gallos, taken from the Cornish word for power. […]
Rural
Tintagel Parish Church, Cornwall, May 2021 – Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own rural post.To join the challenge, please use […]
Stormy day at the Mount
St Michael’s Mount from Marazion, Cornwall, May 2021 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 17 June 2021 Posted as part of Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge …
Golden hour at St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount at sunrise, May 2021 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 4 June 2021 Posted as part of Weekend Reflection …
We see what we see
“The traveller sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see. – G.K. Chesterton Tintagel Old Post Office, Cornwall, May 2021 This beauty was built around […]
Windswept beach
Praa Sands, Cornwall, May 2021 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 29 May 2021 Posted as part of Skywatch Friday and Weekend Sky …
Enjoying a room with a view
St Michael’s Mount from The Godolphin, Marazion, Cornwall, May 2021 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many […]
Guided in the glow of the golden hour
Trebarwith, Cornwall, May 2021 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 May 2021 Posted as part of Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge …
New vigour to the mind
“Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind.” – Seneca But not necessarily to the legs! Tintagel, Cornwall, May 2021 It’s time for a weekly quotation-inspired image. […]
Travel with Intent 