Rock pools, blow holes, waterfalls, waves, fountains and mountain streams; splash!

Depending on rainfall patterns, this can be a raging torrent or a drop a minute but this is about average.

Tubby's Head, Cornwall,

Porthcadjack, Cornwall

Another rockpool, but they can be endlessly fascinating!

Another Cornish rock pool. Very low tide. Plenty of mussels.

Tubby's Head, St Agnes Heritage Coast, Cornwall.

Rock pool at Basset Cove, Cornwall

My low tide coastal shoreline walk at about the halfway mark. Mussels cling to the rocks. A bit small at this time of year but as it was September 1st, quite OK to collect them! (In Britain there is a saying that you should only eat oysters when there is an 'r' in the month; therefore August - no, September - yes. I know these aren't oysters but I stick to the same reasoning to do with their spawning season!)

Surfers would love this place but they have a problem; getting their boards down to this beach. Some do but very few! There are no 'friendly ' paths down: you need to know how to get here and then it is only possible at low tide. Not worth it when you can go to the Cornish surfing capital of Newquay a few miles up the coast!

The morning of August 1 was almost wintry. By mid afternoon it was a glorious summer's day. This shot was taken just as the weather was about to turn for the better.

Full screen, preferably! At low tide you can scramble on these rocks (they are submerged at high tide). Low tide increases the range of photo opportunities.

The 'Pepperpot' at top right was the huer's look out. A huer had the responsibility of calling (hueing) the first sighting of the pilchard shoal. When that happened, the whole town swung into very serious action! The jetty and round stone hut on the left, having withstood many severe storms, finally succumbed to a huge storm the following year. And rebuilt extremely quickly. When I re-visited in 2014, it was as if nothing had been destroyed! I was impressed!

The stone structure at the end of the pier was demolished by a severe storm the year after I took this shot. It was rebuilt straight away and looks exactly the same today, I'm pleased to say!

Basset Cove, North Cliffs, Cornwall. Lots of seaweed making rock-hopping a dangerous pastime. I treaded very gingerly and got past here eventually without mishap.

Godrevy lighthouse and Island from Godrevy Point. Must be viewed large to see lighthouse details.

Greenbank Cove, North Cliffs, Cornwall

From a scanned slide. Shot taken in 1978.

Granite cliffs, Cornwall