Michaela Perryman Features 2024

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A Branch across the Fowey River Fowey at Golitha Falls, Bodmin, Cornwall, UK, England

The Golitha Falls are a series of spectacular cascades and waterfalls along a section of the River Fowey as it makes its way through the ancient oak woodland of Draynes Wood. It is one of the best known beauty spots on Bodmin Moor

Golitha Falls is a National Nature Reserve (NNR) managed by English Nature and has also been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSI) on account of its woodland flora. As well as the usual lovely woodland flowers such as bluebells and wood anemone the reserve is home to over 120 species of bryophytes (moss) and nearly 50 species of lichens

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Block on the historic sailing ship Discovery, permanently moored in Dundee Scotland. The Discovery was sailed to the Antarctic in the historical voyage of discovery.

Burrow Mump Church
Looking through a window arch to the length of the ruined St Michael's Church in Burrow Mump, Somerset UK. The church stands atop a hill overlooking with 180 degree views, the Somerset Flats.

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Clovelly is a harbour village in the Torridge district of Devon, England. Its steep pedestrianised cobbled main street, donkeys and views over the Bristol Channel attract numerous tourists. The harbour dries around mid tide leaving a strand of firm sand. Fresh fish and shellfish are still caught by local fishermen

Each of the buildings along the terraced cobbled street is architecturally listed: more than 50 of these 71 are on the main street itself. Only seven buildings are not listed.

Clovelly Lifeboat Station, serving the North Devon village of Clovelly and surrounding coastal waters, is run by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It was established in 1870. The station is flanked by Appledore to the northeast and Bude to the southwest. The first station was opened in 1870 after a particularly bad storm had resulted in a number of fishing boats being lost and fishermen drowned. The boathouse cost £175 to build.

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The Hurlers is a group of three stone circles in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK. The site is half-a-mile (0.8 km) west of the village of Minions on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor, and approximately four miles (6 km) north of Liskeard.

The name "Hurlers" derives from a legend, in which men were playing Cornish hurling on a Sunday and were magically transformed into stones as punishment. The "Pipers" are supposed to be the figures of two men who played tunes on a Sunday and suffered the same fate. According to another legend, it is impossible to accurately count the number of standing stones.

The Hurlers comprises three stone circles that lie on a line from SSW to NNE, and have diameters of 35 metres (115 ft), 42 metres (138 ft) and 33 metres (108 ft). The two outer stone circles are circular. The middle circle, the largest is slightly elliptical. The survival of the south-ern stone circle, which now contains nine stones, has been most pre-carious: only two of the remaining stones are upright and the other seven are partially covered with soil. In the middle circle 14 stones survive out of 28.[5] The stones show clear traces of being hammered smooth. The northern stone circle contained around 30 standing stones, from which 15 are still visible. Two other monoliths, the Pipers, are 100 metres (330 ft) southwest of the middle circle and may be entrance stones to the Hurlers.

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Chain, Mud and Low Tide at Clovelly Harbour, Devon, England, UK

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Timber, poles, walls and low tide at Clovelly Harbour, Devon, England, UK

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A small pool of water somewhere beside the roadside on the Isle of Lewis, a Hebridean island off the coast of Scotland, UK

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Clovelly Harbour, Devon, England, UK

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The Knights Tournament Pendennis Castle
The Knight's Tournament on a moist day at Pendennis Castle

Pendennis Castle is managed by English Heritage as a tourist attraction, receiving 74,230 visitors in 2011–12. The heritage agency Historic England considers Pendennis to be "one of the finest examples of a post-medieval defensive promontory fort in the country".

Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK

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Seaweed and lines at low tide in Clovelly Harbour, Devon, England, UK

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Arrow Slit Castle Window
Set on a large natural mound, Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest, its focus is an unusual keep consisting of a 13th-century round tower built by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, inside an earlier circular shell-keep. The tower top can be reached via an internal staircase but once reached, offers breathtaking views of the historic town and countryside.

Once the administrative headquarters for the Earl of Cornwall, it was a significant location where control could be kept over the various estates in the area.

The castle has a colourful history as a prison of which George Fox, founder of the Quakers, was the most famous prisoner. He suffered harsh confinement here in 1656. Launceston Castle was also used as the base for the Cornish Royalist defence of the county. You can explore the long history of the castle in a display which traces 1,000 years, with finds from site excavations. (information https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/launceston-castle/)

Launceston, Cornwall, UK, England

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Glamis Castle ArmsPart of the walls of Glamis Castle in Scotland. Coat of Arms are set into the brickwork up one long tower of the castle

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Bowermans Silhouette
Silhouette of Bowermans, a naturally occurring granite outcrop on Dartmoor, Devon England, taking as the sun began to rise

Dartmoor National Park, Dartmoor, Devon, England, UK

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Lonely Homes in a rugged LandscapeViewed from Carloway Broche on the Isle of Lewis, one of the Hebridean Islands off the coast of Scotland, these homes look small in a lovely landscape. Sheep graze on the tough grassy slopes

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Old Crofters House
Viewed from Carloway Broche on the Isle of Lewis, one of the Hebridean Islands off the coast of Scotland, this small ruined home lies amid grazing heath.

Thank you Ira for featuring the River Fowey at Golitha, Bodmin, Cornwall, England, UK

Thank you Ira for featuring these Avocets in Dorset, England, UK

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Two Little Fishing Boats
Two small colourful fishing boats reflected int he still waters of Mevagissey harbour, Cornwall, UK, England

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Sun-Kissed Rocks on a Hill
Viewed from Carloway Broche on the Isle of Lewis, one of the Hebridean Islands off the coast of Scotland, small hill is covered in granite outcroppings of rock. Below is heathland and rough grazing grass.