The Camelot Inheritance series

It's the beginning of March 2021 and this morning Pete and I went to Looe - Pendrym in The Golden Sword and the other books.

There's a chapter in The Golden Sword describing Arthur's adventure in the river. A seal is part of that adventure and last week we actually saw one in the river. You have to be very lucky to spot one as closely as we did, unfortunately I wasn't quick enough to film it.

So instead, here's a video I took this morning. It is a wintry day and the river was rushing out to meet the sea. You can see the waves breaking where the river and sea meet. The tide was very low, but the current is still strong.

Our winters are generally more rainy than snowy, but just to prove we do sometimes get snow, I took these on the moors in January - again another setting in The Golden Sword.

It really has been unusually cold for this part of Britain this winter.

This photo (the one above) is from the beach at Downderry.

You can see the headland on the horizon, the little island is featured in the earlier books. 

The island is a few hundred metres off Looe and is now a wildlife island. It used to be a handy spot for smugglers in the past - they could land barrels of brandy and other contraband brought over from France. Then they would wait until the coast was clear to bring them ashore. The penalty for smuggling could be hanging.  

This is a gorgeous beach. It's called Daymer Bay and is on the opposite coast to us, the north coast. It was remarkably quiet - which is very unusual for this part of Cornwall because lots of people

love to come here on holiday.

And here is a very local beauty spot to me. It's called Golitha Falls.

When the weather is hot, this is a wonderful place to come and cool down.

High on the moors. 

Old mine buildings are dotted throughout this wild landscape, I refer to them in The Golden Sword, in particular in the final chapters, but I won't go into more detail and risk a spoiler. 

Banjo Pier, Looe.

You can guess why the pier has this name. The tides are pretty extreme in the UK, and folk who don't live near the sea can get caught out. Here at Looe, the water can go right out so that you can walk around the pier at a really low tide. Every year there are many rescues when the tide comes in and people find themselves at the foot of a steep cliff with the water rising and their way of escape cut off.

And finally . . . a beautiful sea and sky to end this blog post.