Cornwall in Winter

I’m a keen amateur photographer, and am always taking photographs when out hunting for sea glass. I’m still awe struck by the sheer beauty of where I live, so I thought I’d share a few of my favourite pictures from the last couple of months. 

The picture below was taken a few days after storm Barra. Hard to imagine how rough the seas can get when it looks as calm as this!

The beaches were awash with seaweed so there was no sea glass to be found. You can just see remains of the seaweed at the tide line. There might not have been any sea glass, but it was an ideal time to look for driftwood.

I had prepared myself for lots of rain when I moved to Cornwall… but I have been pleasantly surprised by the number of sunny days I’ve experienced since moving here.

We had one such day in mid-November, which tempted me to take a trip down the coast to Perranporth, wrapped up warmly of course. Winters here are not as cold as I was used to in the Midlands, but the wind off the sea can make it feel several degrees colder than it actually is!

The views are amazing from the coastal path, and hardly a soul about. Well worth a visit!

A car is pretty much a ‘must’ if you live in Cornwall, but I was relieved to be in the passenger seat when we met this herd of sheep!

I left learning to drive until very late in life, in fact it was only my desire to move here that finally persuaded me that I could put it off no longer.

The move happened before I passed my test, which in the end turned out to be a blessing in disguise as Cornish roads are like nothing I had experienced before, so I was more than happy to have the extra lessons. 

I was lucky to find an amazing driving instructor, who had the utmost patience when I struggled to get to grips with double roundabouts and the notorious Avers roundabout.

I’m still not totally comfortable on some of the really narrow lanes that my sat nav seems determined to take me down, but learning to drive was well worth it, there are just so many beautiful places I can now visit!

I love the wild seas in winter, the wind can whip the sea up so that the beach ends up knee-deep in froth, and then the wind blows it around like salty snow!

There are also some spectacular blowholes in the Cornish cliffs; when the conditions are right the sea shoots out in a spectacular fashion.

Porth island is one of my favourite places to watch one of these geographical wonders. 

And I can’t finish this blog post without including one of my all time favourite photographs, taken in St Ives.

A rainbow over the sea is a spectacular sight, so long as you have somewhere nearby to shelter from the inevitable rain!

The weather can change so quickly by the coast, and if you have ever seen a sea mist roll in you will know how quickly this can happen. Luckily it usually disappears as quickly as it came, but it is easy to imagine how smugglers used these conditions to hide their nefarious activities!

The landscape can look more than a little spooky when a sea mist rolls in…