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#Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland #Ireland #England #Cornwall #UK

So that exodus was a Lie.

Roskilly Beach, Newlyn, Cornwall. Complete with bathers

THE FIFTEEN BEZANTS OF CORNWALL I would like to thank Tim Saunders (fellow poet and bryntynn Cornish speaker) for putting me in the way of the Englyn (plural: Englynyon), an ancient Celtic verse form. This form of poetry, which I…

15 englyns (Cornish haikus) about Cornwall today…one for each of the bezants on the Cornish crest
#Cornwall #Kernow #poetry

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AN PYMTHEK BESONT A GERNOW First let me put things straight. My ability to speak Cornish is not this good. When somebody speaks to me in Cornish (Kernewek), my first reaction is to panic and hope that one of my sto…

Finally got it right - 15 Englyns (Celtic haikus), one for each bezant on the Cornish crest…about Cornwall.
#Kernewek #Cornwall #poetry

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AN PYMTHEK BESONT A GERNOW First let me put things straight. My ability to speak Cornish is not this good. When somebody speaks to me in Cornish (Kernewek), my first reaction is to panic and hope that one of my stock Cornish replies will fit the bill. I have a better understanding of written Cornish (given time) and started out translating these besonntens…

AN PYMTHEK BESONT A GERNOW

First let me put things straight. My ability to speak Cornish is not this good. When somebody speaks to me in Cornish (Kernewek), my first reaction is to panic and hope that one of my stock Cornish replies will fit the bill. I have a better understanding of written…

THE FIFTEEN BESANTS OF CORNWALL

I would like to thank Tim Saunders (fellow poet and bryntynn Cornish speaker) for putting me in the way of the Englyn (plural: Englynyon), an ancient Celtic verse form. This form of poetry, which I might liken to a Celtic haiku, has been widely represented in the…

THE BUS DRIVERS (not Pirates) OF PENZANCE has been nominated for the Holyer an Gof, prize for Memoir Very pleased to be nominated for this prestigious award promoted by Gorsedh Kernow for publications about Cornwall, set in Cornwall or in Cornish (Kernewek).  The award ceremony is at Kresen K…

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Great photo, Lee 😀

Seeing a similar view from the cab of my bus (couldn’t stop to photograph -passengers on their way to work) inspired me…

“I’ve seen a castle-topped island soar
Like some kind of Swiftian notion.
Rising out from a circle of mist; Set fair to fly over the ocean.”
from my poem A View from a Cab

I also had to look up ‘cryptid’ 😀

I know of six or seven still in West Cornwall. The one below is the most of the beaten track I saw (up a lane in Whitecross). Thought they looked a little scary for kids 😳

YouTube video by vide0rock Métal Urbain 🎤 Paris Maquis 📅 1978 📺 Tv

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IGLESIAS DE LOS MARTIERES, CIRIACO Y PAULA, MALAGA (The Church of the Martyrs, St Cyriaco and St Paula) I no longer really enjoy visiting stately homes as much as I used to. We, the visitors, walk around bearing witness to the opulence the noble family once lived in (maybe still do). As I walk round …

A poem about the beauty of churches. #poetry #churches #Catholicbling

IGLESIAS DE LOS MARTIERES, CIRIACO Y PAULA, MALAGA (The Church of the Martyrs, St Cyriaco and St Paula)

I no longer really enjoy visiting stately homes as much as I used to. We, the visitors, walk around bearing witness to the opulence the noble family once lived in (maybe still do). As I walk…

I think you can tell from this photo it was there in the 18th Century 😀

Councillor filmed saying holocaust was 'massively over-exaggerated' The British Democrat councillor said anti-semitism doesn't exist

Apparently a tractor fan too...
#NeilParish

#CornwallUK #Kernow #Melor #TruroUK

Most working fisherman wear well-wornbaseball caps these days if any headgear at all.

YouTube video by Gray Lightfoot Gray Lightfoot performs (part 4 of) No 6 (A summer bus ride to Mousehole) - MOUSEHOLE

I used to drive on this road on a regular basis and wrote a poem called No 6 (the old Mousehole route number - now the M6) which narrates the journey. I split it into four separate poems on video. Which you can find at www.graylightfoot.co.uk
This is part 4 - Mousehole #Cornwall #poetry

No. 😀

How to enjoy life in Cornwall

I’ve been asked to help kick off an exhibition of a selection of artworks by Cornish artists at The Fish Factory at Penryn from 6 - 8 on Monday May 26.
The exhibition runs from 26 - 31 May
#Commuter #FishFactoryPenryn
#Cornwall

Sometimes the light hits the bell-tower just right. Abbey Slip, Penzance, Cornwall

YouTube video by Gray Lightfoot Gray Lightfoot performs IN THE EVENT OF THE POLICE NEEDING TO IDENTIFY MY DECAPITATED BODY

New poem called IN THE EVENT OF THE POLICE NEEDING TO IDENTIFY MY DECAPITATED BODY, performed at Norway Square, St Ives. Cornwall #poetry #NorwaySquare #poem

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Looking up the walk at Abbey Slip, Penzance, Cornwall. Campanula and Wall Daisies

Cornwall - flag…chapel…palm tree

My local Cornish team Penzance AFC won the Walter C Parsons Cup 8-7 after a penalty shoot-out against Cullompton Rangers at Launceston. Tough game…but we won!

Dancing thrift at Pendower Coves at the far west of Cornwall.

The coastal path coming down from Gwennap Head into Porthgwarra, Cornwall is a riot of blue and white (bluebells and three-cornered leeks) at the moment.

Evening view, Penzance, Cornwall

Hayle Estuary, Cornwall, today