Helford Passage
Month: February 2014
A Walk Beside the Creek
There is a path that starts with the College Ope and goes up to the train tracks. An ope is a small alley that’s too small for vehicles. The college referred to is the medieval monastery. The path goes near the field where the college used to stand.
Penzance
We went to Penzance Saturday. It’s full of interesting shops and the streets were filled with people. We stopped in at a pub that was built with salvaged ship wreck paraphernalia and laid out like the interior of an old sailing vessel. This Egyptian looking …
It’s Not Over Yet
The news this morning said the weather warnings have been extended for a couple of more days. This photo appears on the local news website, the Falmouth Packet. That was yesterday at dawn. It shows the building across from us with water up to the doors. Our flood barrier was …
Spring Tides
The chances of flooding seem to be diminshing. We had a nice sunny day today. The reports said that the high Spring tides made the flood warnings more serious. I thought that meant the tides during Spring season but it means something else. Spring tides happen when the Moon’s tidal …