Andy Rodker

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Posted: 12 Dec 2022


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Carn Marth (not every Cornwall photo can be all sunshine and coast!)

Carn Marth (not every Cornwall photo can be all sunshine and coast!)
The hill of Carn Marth doesn't look much but it has some terrific views and makes for a good 2 hour round trip on foot, except that I can't spare that sort of time at the moment. I have to rely on memories of walks and of photos taken years ago. This is taken just outside the village of St Day, Cornwall on a freezing cold morning.
The scene is today resolutely agrarian but between about 1740 and 1860 it would have been Hell on Earth as tin, copper and arsenic mining occupied nearly all the land you see here. St Day gained the nickname of 'The Richest Square Mile in Cornwall!'
There's very little to be seen of all that now!.
This might interest some of you!
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/st-day-village-once-richest-7076863

Roger (Grisly), Rosalyn Hilborne, Jean Paul Capdeville, Jenny McIntyre and 28 other people have particularly liked this photo


30 comments - The latest ones
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Superb capture! Stay well!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
2 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thank you, William. Not 'chocolate box' at all but just a record of a cold morning at a particular time and place and its history fascinates me - how the scene can be so different today compared to what it must have been like 6 or 7 generations back.
2 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Magnifique endroit...comme vous dites on ne voit rien mais cet endroit est chargé d'histoire.
Merci beaucoup pour l'information.
Bonne et agréable journée.
2 years ago.
 Madeleine Defawes
Madeleine Defawes club
Superbe lueur sur la colline !
Bonne journée. Amitiés
2 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful compoisittion Andy.
2 years ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club
A moody scene here Andy. As you say, not one normally associated with Cornwall. I understand what you are saying about how it was in the past with all the mines etc. A different world in those days. I have travelled around here myself as you know. Well done.

Regards and thanks for sharing with our UK Landscape Photography Group , Herb
2 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Herb Riddle club
I hesitated before posting, bcause, as with most folk, the preference with me is to stay with sunny cheerfulness and colourfull images. But life ain't like that!
2 years ago.
Herb Riddle club has replied to Andy Rodker club
You can say that again but nothing wrong with staying on the cheery side. - H
2 years ago.
 Stefani Wehner
Stefani Wehner club
Marvelousview!
2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Thanks for the link too... weren't you supposed to be back to Algete by now?
2 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Xata club
I came for 2 weeks! Now been here 2.5 months! My dad is getting more poorly and I need to stay a bit longer, I think the second half of Januaruy might be the time I go back to Algete but everything is still very much 'up in the air'.
2 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Oh Dear…
2 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
A nice view over the gate Andy............The sky is really lovely. It's quite difficult to imagine it as it once was.

A great article in the link.........which I read with interest. I especially like the bit involving the pub and Vogue magazine (easy to see how the two could be confused)..!!
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thank you, Keith!
i had a swift half in The Star late this afternoon. I managed to escape for an hour. I once played darts for the pub and hadn't set foot in it for about 12 years. Total transformation. A busy and welcoming place - it was a bit run-down and seedy before. I'm astonished that the managing couple are the same! I remember him pretty well as he was in the darts team but my visit today presented me with a staggeringly different and improved pub! I'm partial to a drop of real ale (much missed in Spain!) and this was only the second pint of bitter i'd had since coming over here! Nothing special - Taylor's Landord I think it was but a joy to me who has the choice of ordinary lager or alcohol free lager in Spain! No wonder I stick to wine there!
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
Keith Burton club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Good to hear that you got away for an hour or so on your own.........and enjoyed your swift half. Sounds like you enjoyed yourself.
2 years ago.
Xata club has replied to Andy Rodker club
And… did you play darts?
2 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Xata club
I haven't played darts since my previous visits to The Star Inn 12 years ago, Isabel. Before that , my heyday as a darts player was as captain of the Victory pub darts team (in Pinner, Middlesex - north west of London - where I lived for 35 years) and we actually won the Ruislip and Pinner Darts League (third division) one year (at a guess it would have been in 1983!)
Most pubs don't have darts any more as it takes up too much space - more profitable to put in some ghastly digital 'games' or 'better still' tables for food!
2 years ago.
 volker_hmbg
volker_hmbg club
Its a landscape view as it is in real, the dramatic sky is just beautiful.

And there is a fence... for Friday ; )
2 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to volker_hmbg club
It's a gate not a fence, but you have reminded me to look for a fence for this coming Friday!
Thank you, Volker!
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
The mood of autumn in Cornwall ! With a great sky ! Have a nice evening, Andy !
2 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
ºººTo you all, great comments, thank you ... and I'm pleased some of you liked the link!ººº
2 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
HFF Andy
2 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Thank you, Fred!
2 years ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
But even without sun, Cornwall is very beautiful!!!!
2 years ago.
 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
Cornwall is indeed a very beautiful area. Carn Marth is still attractive in its own way.
2 years ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Nouchet,
Jenny,
Thank you both!
2 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne
It is still a very Cornish and lovely view Andy.
A belated HFF and wish you a good weekend.
2 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne
Thank you, Rosa! You've got me thinking, maybe I should set up an Inner Cornwalll album.
2 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Lovely light and a superb capture Andy
Thank you for posting your image in the group
www.ipernity.com/group/west.of.england
18 months ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to Roger (Grisly) club
Many thanks, Roger!
18 months ago.

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