Mevagissey Harbour, Cornwall

[PeterD]

Just spent a very pleasant week in Cornwall. Found this fishing villiage and immediately fell in love with the place.
The following shot comprises 3 images, merged into one panoramic view. It was taken at the top of the cliff, overlooking the outer harbour.



The town is largely unspoilt although the traffic is definately out of place.



This street (Fore street) believe it or not, is 2 way. Just ahead of the second car is another road of similar width which is also 2-way. The first time I arrived in the town I came down the hill and had to turn left along Fore Street towards the camera. It took four shunts to get around the junction.

The outer harbour has a number of rock outcrops towards the harbour edge.



The rocks are resting and feeding places for the wildlife in the harbour.







and the waters of the harbour are the feeding place for the Shag



I hope this gives a taste of things to see and do here.

Peter

[Wild-Woman]

A very pleasant tour of Mevagissey. Thanks for that.

[demicav]

Great pics. I'll definately pay the village a visit next time I'm down there.

[galanthus]

Lovely pics, Cornwall is gorgeous and my next favourite to west wales. Went to Mevagissey about 2 years ago but didn't have my camera then.. Also visited Polperro which is absolutely gorgeous.

[big bill]

Great set of pics peter well done been there when I stayed in Cornwall and the streets do not give much room to manouvere its a shame that the traffic spoils the scenes but cannot be helped well done again on a great set of pics

[PeterD]

Thank you all for your very kind comments and of course for viewing this thread.
I shall look up Polperro next time I am in Cornwall.
We also drove to St Ives but found to our horror that everything had changed. All the car parks were full and lots of cars (ours included) wandering from one car park to the next to find a space. We had no luck and had to drive back again. My advice to anyone intending to visit St Ives is to leave the car behind in Levant and travel in by train. We did not have enough time to take up this option.

Peter

[nightshade]

I took a quick snap of these fishermans bins piled up on the quay they seemed to say it all
humerous mevagissey - Wildlife Photography

[PeterD]

Originally Posted by nightshade

I took a quick snap of these fishermans bins piled up on the quay they seemed to say it all
humerous mevagissey - Wildlife Photography

Love it.
Seen your images of Polperro too. Looking at the appeal on the notice, did you give generously?

Seriously, its great to see so much of the old world still about. We spend too much of our energy destroying our heritage and replacing it with something modern that never lasts.

Peter

[glsammy]

Excellent shots that bring back good memories.
I've found a couple of shots that show how much the area has changed. The older one surprised me, I never thought all those buildings were so new!
Here's a shot of Mevagissey 2004:



Here's a shot from a similar aspect. The shot was scanned from a book called Colourful England. The book was published in 1983.

[KeenTeen17]

sounds like you had a nice get away!