Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Sun, Sand and Blue Sky (hmmm..that doesn’t feel like England)

It’s safe to say that spring is definitely in the air over in the UK at the moment. Flowers are in full bloom, sun is coming out more and more, and we even had to put on sunscreen the other day.

Rupert and I thought we’d take advantage of the nice weather to go on a roadtrip and see more of England. Over 800 miles (roughly 1500kms) later, we had circumnavigated the south west coastline of the country. I’ve added the photos from this trip to the 'England'Album on my main website so make sure you check them all out.

Probably one of the best things about this trip was that each day was completely different from the last, one day we’re visiting the national seal sanctuary and the next we’re kayaking through the Atlantic Ocean!

One major constant in the whole trip was the dramatic coastlines. They certainly made it worthwhile getting up at sunrise!
Sunrise overlooking Polurrian Cove, Cornwall
Sunrise at Lynmouth, Devon
Sunrise at Lynmouth, Devon

Now, being from Queensland, Australia, which has some of the best beaches in the world, we weren’t really expecting much from the English beaches. Boy were we wrong…The turquoise water and the golden sand on some of the Cornwall beaches blew us away.
Porthchapel Beach, Cornwall
Harbour at St Ives, Cornwall

On the one day it wasn’t gloriously sunny, I took the opportunity to play around with some black and white photos.

St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives, Cornwall

One last sunrise photo to finish off this post, it was taken at a town called Westward Ho! (the exclamation mark is actually included in the name of the town) – and yep, the fisherman in this photo is Rupert, he was nice enough to get out of bed and brave the cold with me that morning.
Sunrise at Westward Ho!, Cornwall

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