Scottish Mists

Through the mists of the Borderlands

2nd July

Industrial North East ?

North Yorkshire

Coastlines at risk - rapid erosion along Holderness

Naturally formed and totally unspoilt

Beyond Cornwall...the Isles of Scilly

Tresco - 'every little helps'

The 'Grim Reaper' arrives at St Mary's

Time stands still on the islands in the sun,warmed by the Gulf Stream the IOS enjoy long warm days and relatively low visitor numbers

From Newquay to Land's End

legacies of the tin mining industry

Contentious Cornwall

From the old tin mining areas of St Just in the 'wild west' to the 'stag and hen' territory of Newquay; this coastline sets demands on the way we live and work. The Geography of the place determines the way we use it - but it is not all so good.

Schistophrenic places like Newquay appear to fulfil the family 'bucket and spade' dream during the day and transform themselves to youthful party places by night, dominated by the young.

(7th July - 2 post GCSE exam celebrating pupils die in cliff falls!)