Saturday 4th October
Last night wasn’t great as the motorhome was rocking all night and we had a sick dog. So I needed to take her out 6 times during the night. In the morning the repetitive rain showers subsided and was replaced by sandblasting with the sand blown over from the nearby dunes.
The forecast improved during the morning so we set off to a small fishing port on the south coast – Porthleven. We had to dodge a few short showers in between taking photos of the port.
Two oldies having a chat before lunch with the town hall and terraced houses in the background. We fancied a coffee and a piece of cake for lunch so headed back to a nearby café, but on arrival a lady on the next table was eating a bacon butty – so guess what we ordered…
The actual plan for the day was to end up at the Botollack tin mines for the late afternoon and evening light. We visited this location back in 2021 and I always wanted to capture it again in better light. Compare the 2 images below and conditions were definitely better the second time around.
The sea was very rough and together with the late afternoon, early evening light we had a much better series of images.
I wasn’t expecting infrared to be successful, but I thought I’d try anyway.
Tomorrow we head to our next campsite.
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