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Waiting for Green Shoots
Waiting for Green Shoots

One from last year that seems appropriate to share now.

Pont Pill Creek joins the River Fowey at Penleath Point at the north-eastern corner of Fowey Harbour, where much of the wooded banks are in the ownership of the National Trust. A stunning footpath, known as the Hall Walk, runs between Bodinnick and Polruan and then in turn continues along the South Cornish coast.
It is thought that Pont began as a settlement when the parish’s first Celtic saint, St Wyllow, came and settled in a cave by the head of Pont around 596.
Despite its tidal location, the quay became important for trade between farms of this area and other coastal communities. Imports were roadstone, bricks, coal, manure and flour; exports were grain and logs. In 1814 a granary, limekilns, malt houses and a warehouse were recorded, later owned by John Hicks. It also had a corn mill and sawmill, a beer house and blacksmith shop.
Part way up Pont Pill (Creek) towards Polruan was the site of the Isolation hospital, built in 1889, for sailors arriving with infectious diseases such as yellow fever. Later a private home, it burned down in 1993. Post World War I the Pill was the final resting place for many locally built wooden sailing ships. It was here that Daphne du Maurier discovered the schooner, Jane Slade, which was to inspire her first novel.

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Taken on: March 30, 2019
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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/14.0, 1/80 sec, 19mm (=28mm), ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: TAMRON SP AF 10-24mm F3.5-4.5 Di II LD Aspherical IF B001N
Aperture: f/14.0
Exposure Time: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length: 19mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO: 250
Exposure Bias: -2 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Manual
Light Source: Cloudy
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Lightroom 3.2 (Windows)
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