Chapel on Roche Rock

We had a great day today, with lots of fresh air and food (possibly too much of the latter, in my case). Pictured is the chapel on top of Roche Rock, dedicated to St Michael in 1409 and ruined for at least 250 years. Nobody knows who lived there but it may have been somebody who wanted or needed to cut themselves off from society, perhaps a leper. The rock itself is made from grey quartz and black tourmaline, two very tough minerals.

Also today, we went on a bit of a hike in strong winds across a boggy field to see the Nine Maidens stone row (see Extras), one of only two in Cornwall and dating to the Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age. The nine stones in the row, which are made of local slate and white quartz, appear to align with a further stone 800m away which itself is located near some Bronze Age barrows and has a sea view.

Finally for today's excitement, we discovered that the harbour has a group of resident cormorants (see Extras), so I'll be looking out for them every day as well as the harbour seals that are supposed to hang out there.

PS - Mr DA is now blipping again, by the way, and hopefully you can find his journal here, if of interest.