Julia and Michael in Brighton

Earlier this year we went for a day to Brighton with our friends Julia and Michael for a shoot at the beach. Working off the processing backlog I finally got to these wonderful pictures and with the freezing weather outside, what could be better than to dream back to those days! Voila!

Land's End - the most westerly place of England

Our next stop was Land's End. It's the most westerly place of Cornwall and England. This is our second visit so it's obvious we really like it. This time we stayed at the Land's End hotel - we could think of nothing better than to stay in the middle of it and we really hoped we would catch the sunset. But first off, Pendennis Castle. It was built in 1539 for King Henry VIII to guard the entrance of the river Fal. There is another castle, St Mawes, which is its opposite number of the east bank and they were built to defend from the French and Spanish threats of future attacks.

Caught some bees outside the castle...

...as well as some guys who were fishing

We got to Land's End in the late afternoon...

....and we managed to catch a bit of the sunset

The morning after we took a walk. 

The landscape is very rugged

And they have a farm close by. We were met by a rooster who kept guard. 

Their pig was catching a lot of attention. 

Eden project

On our second day in Cornwall we visited the Eden project (Edenva in Cornish). It is such a fantastic and interesting place. The domes below show the tropical biome to the left and the mediterranean biome to the right.

Let me present the Weee man. He is 7 metres tall and weighs 3.3 tonnes. He was built to represent what is thrown away in the UK. Mobile phones, mp3 players, lawn mowers, etc make up his bones, his teeth are made of computer mice, his ears are satellite dishes and his brain is built of computer parts. 

The largest wasp I have ever seen. Glad it's not alive. 

Smells good... 

While I was surprised to find this one in the tropical biome...

...this cool guy fitted right in. Hard to catch though - he was moving super fast! 

Amazon

I hear bees are endangered. But in Eden they seem to be having a good time!

So did Maria

Keeping the birds away

Working the fields

In the outside biome we ran into this lady

Dionysus in the Mediterranean biome

We parked in the banana zone

First day in Cornwall

It's getting colder in England. And when it does, what is better than to go back to your pictures from this summer, which is the best summer so far in the five years I have spend in England. We made two trips this summer - one where we went north and one where we went south. The ones from below is from Cornwall. First off is from Restormel Castle (Kastel Rostormel in Cornish) - a stronghold of the Black Prince. The castle is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall (together with Launceston, Tintangel and Trematon).

Then we went on to Looe (Logh or 'deep water inlet' in Cornish) where we spent our first night. Below is Nelson, who watches over the fishing boats coming in to the harbour.

Not that vicious... ;-)

Low tide. Always amazes me.