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HampshireCam Travels ~ North Cornish Coast - Pentire Point - Shipwreck
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Padstow Bay and the entrance to the River Camel photographed from Stepper Point, across the bay is Pentire Point. |
Photo: David Packman |
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Com Head, beyond which is Rumps Point the site of an Iron Age fort. The large rock out to sea is known as The Mouls. |
Photo: David Packman |
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Sheep from Pentire Farm "posing" for their photograph. Photo: David Packman |
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Beyond the tractor is the entrance to the River Camel. The first headland is Stepper Point from where the first photograph was taken, beyond that is Trevose Head. Photo: David Packman |
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Photo: David Packman |
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Ploughing and the ever present gulls. Photo: David Packman |
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Photo: David Packman |
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The dangerous rocks at Trevone that claimed the trawler "Smiling Thro" in 1924. Below all that remains of the trawler. |
Photo: David Packman |
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Photo: David Packman |
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The Yarmouth steam trawler "Smiling Thro" lies wrecked on Rocky Beach, Trevone in April 1924. The ship originally built for the Admiralty was called "Neaptide" and launched in December 1920. |
Photo: David Packman |
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The evening sun about to disappear behind Trevose Head. Photo: David Packman |
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