Dredge

Lantic Bay, Dredger, River Fowey, Cornwall, October 2025
Lantic Bay, Dredger, River Fowey, Cornwall, October 2025

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Keeping channels clear

enabling navigation

River Fowey dredged

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by Scooj

River Fowey

River Fowey at Lostwithiel, Cornwall, October 2025
River Fowey at Lostwithiel, Cornwall, October 2025

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At Lostwithiel

stannary barges of old

brought prosperity

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ravaged by the Civil War

its status much diminished

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by Scooj

  • Lostwithiel, on the banks of the River Fowey is a wonderful Cornish town with an extraordinary history. You can find out more about Lostwithiel history here.
  • Stannary – relating to tin

Red Porgy

Red Porgy or Common Seabream (Pagurus pagurus), Bodinnick, Cornwall, October 2025
Red Porgy or Common Seabream (Pagurus pagurus), Bodinnick, Cornwall, October 2025

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Jewel of the sea

aquatic hidden actor

underwater scene

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by Scooj

  • all fish caught on my recent fishing trip were returned safely to the sea.

Oysters


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Oysters (Ostrea edulis), Bodinnick, Cornwall, October 2025
Oysters (Ostrea edulis), Bodinnick, Cornwall, October 2025

Steadfast attachment

oysters for tea anyone?

fruits of the ocean

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by Scooj

Happy place

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In Cornish sand dunes

sun blazing, insects buzzing

far off rollers crash

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by Scooj

Death and decay

Cetacean Carcass, Lantic Bay, Cornwall, October 2024
Cetacean Carcass, Lantic Bay, Cornwall, October 2024

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He’ll come for us all

dispassionate grim reaper

a matter of time

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by Scooj

Why we do it

Fishing, Pentewan Beach, Cornwall, October 2024
Fishing, Pentewan Beach, Cornwall, October 2024

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Everlasting hope

meditation, in the zone

at one with nature

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by Scooj

Freeloaders

Fish lice on a corking wrasse, Pallas Cove, Cornwall, October 2024

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Uninvited guests

sucking the life out of host

and hitching a ride

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by Scooj

Mind cast

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Fishing tomorrow

annual trip to Cornwall

daydreaming the scene

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by Scooj

A memory

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By the French windows

drenched in golden summer sun

I snooze with a book

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by Scooj

  • On recalling one of my favourite rooms in my grandparent’s house.