farms in hidden valleys 7-3
Tregantle Fort near Freathy (image from Street View)
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map showing distance travelled (map from Google Earth)
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Gradually, I am learning the layout of this part of the Cornwall coast. The uplands are mostly devoted to wild land or agriculture (grazing or crops) …
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cattle in a field near Freathy (image from Street View)
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The houses are either along the coast, at the very edge, or in the treed valleys that peek at intervals from the countryside …
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fields and valleys … a reservoir in the distance (image from Street View)
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Driving down into these valleys, I find farmsteads, made up of clusters of buildings and usually associated with water …
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farmstead in a valley (image from Street View)
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ponds at a valley farm (image from Street View)
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Cattle must stray into the roads on occasion. The entryway of the house below is guarded by a ‘Texan Gate’ or ‘cattle stop’. I am familiar with these from my days in Alberta. Cattle will not cross these gates because of the spaces in the surface, but cars can cross quite easily …
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a Texan Gate (image from Street View)
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Best View: the Cornwall coast stretching before me …
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July 2, 2013 ‘Cornwall coast’ Jane Tims
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Copyright 2013 Jane Tims
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Love your painting, Jane! England seems like it would be a nice place to do some biking – I think their summers aren’t as blistering hot as ours are!
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Barbara Rodgers
July 25, 2013 at 10:23 am
Hi Barbara. It is so interesting but hilly! Jane
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jane tims
July 25, 2013 at 11:41 pm
Nice to see an outsider view of Cornwall – although this is not a bit I know. Nice painting Jane.
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dianajhale
July 24, 2013 at 7:33 pm
Hi Diana. Thanks! Let me know if I ever seem to get it wrong. Street View gives a very one dimensional view of places, but I am surprised how much I have learned. Jane
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jane tims
July 25, 2013 at 11:40 pm
Cornwall looks so lush and lovely. Your watercolour is beautiful.
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Carol Steel
July 24, 2013 at 8:46 am
Hi Carol. Thanks! A perfect place to travel to in reality someday. Jane
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jane tims
July 24, 2013 at 9:10 am
I love Cornwall! Your images have made me quite homesick!!
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Gemma Hawdon
July 24, 2013 at 7:29 am
Hi. I envy that you have actually seen the places I am visiting! I love the woodland vegetation in the little secluded valleys. Jane
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jane tims
July 24, 2013 at 9:08 am