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Cornwall, a photographic adventure 1

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Recently I have had 3 weeks on my own while Alan went on a cycle extravaganza in Mallorca. I thought it would be exciting to spend a week in Cornwall, just myself, the dog and the camera. And so I booked a cottage, not right on the coast but around 15 miles inland near St Breward on the very south fringe of Bodmin Moor. I stayed in a little group of holiday cottages situated on a farm, Hallagenna, where apparently the black horse of Lloyds bank fame had been raised. This backed on to a piece of moorland known as Lady Down Moor. Here I stayed for 6 nights, leaving on the Friday so that I could join Alan in Mallorca for his final week. I was lucky with the weather, too lucky as it turned out as most days there was little cloud cover. Photographers are never happy with the amount of cloud they get! The first morning I was up early and out on the moor to get the sunrise (around 6.40am). I did this most mornings and basically got almost the same pictures as the weather conditions d