Newquay

Yep wind and rain continues.
One campsite didn’t do single night bookings the other (Mother Ivey,s Bay)was 16 pounds per night, per person! , It is accesible straight of the coast path. I was away early and in waterproofs through more of the storm, some sheltered areas were nice when the sun came out. I was lucky enough to call in at the youth hostel (Treyarnon bay) for coffee and internet access to upload camera onto the flickr feed, and not much further along found a small shop for pastie and tea whch had picnic tables outside where i laid out my waterproofs to dry.
Again the coast was hoast to dramatic waves thrashing the shoreline, at times it was like snow blowing by but was foam of the sea (is this due to pollutants).

Sea stacks along the route

In contrast one sheltered spot when sun came out had at least two humming bird hawk moths feeding on knapweed. hope fully one is in photo

As usual not a great photo (quick point and shoot with phone) below is much better image from the internet. To think these imigrant species arrive from as far away as Africa is nothing short of remarkable. I was hopeing to see such delights along the south coast but the weather has obviously been good enough for them to already spread across the country.

(Photo by D Green).

Approaching Newquay the weather again worsened and there was a definite lack of people out and about,

From this distant view of Newquay till i arrived there the amount of rain increased and if anything so did the wind speed, to be honest it was pretty bleak in the town for those looking to get a tan on their summer holiday(time for a break).

I hope the photo’s display the remarkable contrasts (environmental) in such a day.