The weather recently has been pretty rubbish but today seemed to have a break in the rain so off to Minions we went to stretch our legs and get some fresh air. All socially distanced and following all of Lockdown V2 rules, of course.
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| We've done this route a few times and it's always worth repeating - different weather, different season, different time of day etc. We made a slight diversion to the back of the quarry and the distance we clocked was just over 4 miles. No rain but the wind it did blow and it certainly wasn't warm. |
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| A partial rainbow over the Cheesewring and Stowe's Hill. An interesting layering affect in the sky. |
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| Not a lot of birds around but we did see several flocks of Golden Plovers wheeling around. By my estimate, there must have been between 50 and 100 birds in each flock. |
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| Gold Digging's Quarry is an abandoned flooded granite quarry on Craddock Moor on the South Eastern edge of Bodmin Moor. It used to be a quiet peaceful location and it still is for most of the year. But the quarry is very popular with wild swimmers and rock climbers and can get very busy. |
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| Guess which way the prevailing wind blows? |
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| Wrong! It blows this way. |
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| The granite sleepers of the old mineral railway in the foreground and Sharptor in the distance. |
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| Looking eastwards towards Kit Hill and home. |
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| Looking over what used to be the Phoenix United mine which ceased working in the late 1800s. At its prime, there were around 900 people employed here. Hard to imagine...... |
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| .......but made easier with this old photograph. A mixture of headgear for shafts, engine houses, water wheels, railway lines - mostly all gone now. |
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