Trans-ocean connections

Around the coast nothing is far from having a direct connection with fishing, many a local trawler has come fast on one of the numerous trans-Atlantic cables (one of the originals is visible in the picture) that criss-cross the seabed off Cornwall all round the Western Approaches - visitors to the museum at the old Cable & Wireless training school can get the full story...
just off Pedn Vounder beach is a small sandbar that appears at low water....
within a short walk of the beach at portcurno one of many unique attractions in the area, the Minack boasts probably the most dramatic backdrops to any theatre stage in the world - though, as of the next few weeks theatregoers will no longer be able to watch the QE2 - she often passed Lands End and the Scillies at sunset and was easliy visible from your seat at the Minack - visitor tip at the Minack, always bring something to sit on, a blanket and a thermos....
making her way slowly to Newlyn, the Sennen Lifeboat tows the yacht, Colette of Yealm from off Pendeen where she had fouled her propellor....
most South West Coast Path walkers would miss the local bass fleet hard at work just inside the Runnelstone Buoy....
looking west towards Portgwarra over one of Cornwall's most secluded beaches at porth Chapel, above which nestles St Leavn's Holy Well.....
the giant pebble beach east side of Porthgwarra....
as the sun breaks through the heavy a cloud a buzzard circles over Gwennap Head, the National Coastwatch lookout station....

after all the exercise, fresh squid in the evening from a Jamie Oilver recipe courtesy of Edwin on the Cathryn - onion, chilli, parsley and Linguine pasta.