Faces in the woods

FACES IN THE WOODS No history or legend behind this post only this to say.  A walk through my local woods revealed that someone had  taken the time to carve many faces on what looks like  drift wood and then fixed them on the trees along the pathway. I don't know who did this or the story behind the sculptures  but it's a pleasing...

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Botallack

 A Cornish Mining VillageBotallack is a small village at the southwestern end of the UK in the county of Cornwall.Now a quiet little village this sleepy place was, not so very long ago one of the most important places in the UK if not the world.Visit Date March 2023Click Image for larger viewThere are plenty of ruins here that lead you through the story of Botallacks past and how...

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Men An Tol

An Ancient Cornish TreasureThe name Men an Toll (note the extra l) inCornish means "the stone of the hole",Aptly named for this 3500-year-old bronze age structure.Visit Date March 2023There are many "loose" stones around this site but the Mên-an-Tol consists of three upright stones made from local granite, The two side uprights stand just over a metre high. The round stone is 1.3 metres wide and around...

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