Newlyn and Moushole for cream tea

Two cream teas in one day and two steak pasties apiece to keep our energetic walking schedule fuelled. Botallack tin mine seen on a dull day.  Newlyn without the crush of visitors, gift shops and studios unlike St Ives but nonetheless interesting. The round trip back to Sennen and the B&B via the Merry Maidens stone circle beside the B3315.

Newlyn  has such unspoilt cottages as these with their cobbled lanes and granite pathways. Many well fed cats keep watch - spot the tabby here.

Mousehole

St Ives and Sennen for soggy chips

The A30 was clear of hold ups and good progress was made to St Ives for a Beef Pasty and coffee. As we chose to park up on the harbour wall, an all day ticket was required and our stay extended for Helen to browse the Barbara Hepworth Museum, while I wandered to the lifeboat station and snapped photos of  boats at low tide.  Signs into the town indicate access only to permitted vehicles (through these narrow cobbled streets);  such permission was granted by myself on the premise of the indicators being too vague.
From St Ives the favourite drive (without crossing the channel) is this one along the coast to Sennen, via Zennor and St Just.
Once in Sennen our B&B is checked out OK but the fish and chips for tea beside the harbour only rated a six out of ten (on the Great British Bake-off scale  -  four). However the sunset from our window is dramatic and compensation enough.

On the harbour wall

Low tide St Ives

Cobbled street

A stiff easterly breeze blows onshore

Gig high and dry - Of the moulded polyester and glass variety.

The Dolphin Inn, Dartmouth

Dartmouth on Tuesday (Market Day) and lunch at the Dolphin enjoyed by Helen, me and our little and not so little offspring. One teething grandson put up a valiant struggle until his little belly was full once more and the pub quickly emptied as ears were shattered. The food is good and the welcome very warm.
Crossing by the lower ferry we find this blue Audi R8 beside the Morgan and both of us disembarked without bottoming out. What a blast from the windowed V10 on startup !
The ferryman said a previous Morgan had just crossed earlier and by chance we parked up beside the Racing green Le Mans 62 at the car park. A lovely +8 from Somerset.

In good company heading towards Dartmouth on the lower ferry

My humble 4/4 beside the +8 

External hood linkage

Morgan 4/4 river crossing

Sunday afternoon under a blue sky and a taste of black cherry ice cream at Sidmouth - as busy a day as we saw all summer.  The lanes of deepest Devon taken through Yettington and Pinn.  The Tamarisk and Cyclamen in bloom and a pair of parapenters floating high above the cliffs
On the way home a detour to deliver a card at Longdown saw us in previously unexplored territory.  The ford at Ide is a narrow stream bed pictured here. 

Low tide at Sidmouth

Tamarisk

Parapenters

Cyclamen

The ford at Ide

Driving along the stream bed

Turn left here into deep water under the bridge--Not recommended

Cathedral Top Bar Bee Hive

Winter stores are building up with eight combs showing promise of a healthy colony. The Veroa mite has, so far, not been detected which suggests that the original swarm collected on 17th July from a garden in Kingsteignton is not yet harbouring the parasite.   The bees were dusted in icing sugar in August and a tray of Apiguard (Thymol) given mid September.
To improve heat retention within the hive a small carpet square has been draped over the unoccupied bars and the follower boards faced in insulating layers of Balsa wood. The entrance is restricted down to about 1 3/4" and sugar syrup fed.  Pollen continues to be brought in.

5th of October update on a sunny afternoon at 19 deg C.   Pollen  incoming and bees flying strongly. Syrup feeder jars replenished and plenty of honey now being sealed.

Two additional Cathedral horizontal top bar hives almost completed now ready for next year.  A queen excluder and several bars with foundation wax inserted into saw cuts recesses and window follower boards have also been prepared shown below.

Bars with foundation wax in place, Queen excluder and a window follower board