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Turned from yew about fifty years ago on a home built lathe.
Lens Cimko M series 28mm Macro F2.8 at F11
Gurnard's Head. After trekking inland for about half a mile from a hotel named after the promontory shown here (i.e. top of the photo) this is the point at which I reached the SW Coastal Path, ready to commence my hike along the coast back to St.Ives in Cornwall. I came over that rise top left and continued down past the tall stone ruin covered in ivy. You should be able to make out the line of the path just below centre.
The stone structure was formerly the engine house of a 19th century copper mine. Copper was big in Cornwall at that time, as also was tin and to a lesser extent zinc, lead and silver, all minerals non-existent or rare in other parts of the UK. In those days the miners on the coast had to go deep into the earth and then following the mineral seams along tunnels dug under the sea bed itself!
"I'm not Rosebud; the tree is!"
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis anthinus) perched in an Eastern Redbud treen (Cercis candensis) Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.
The Logan Rock is found on the outcrop of rocks in the middle distance. In the far distance is Lizard point.
The Logan Rock is an example of a logan or rocking stone and is situated on this outcrop of rocks.
Logan Rock is remembered because it was at the center of a famous drama. In April 1824, Lieutenant Hugh Goldsmith, R.N. (nephew of the famous poet Oliver Goldsmith), and ten or twelve of his crew of the cutter HMS Nimble, armed with bars and levers rocked the huge granite boulder until it fell from its cliff-top perch. Goldsmith was apparently motivated to disprove the claim of Dr Borlase, who wrote in Antiquities of Cornwall in 1754 that:
In the parish of S. Levan, there is a promontory called Castle Treryn. This cape consists of three distinct groups of rocks. On the western side of the middle group near the top, lies a very large stone, so evenly, poised that any hand may move it to and fro; but the extremities of its base are at such a distance from each other, and so well secured by their nearness to the stone which it stretches itself upon, that it is morally impossible that any lever, or indeed force, however applied in a mechanical way, can remove it from its present situation.
Goldsmith was determined to demonstrate that nothing was impossible when the courage and skill of British seamen were engaged. The Logan Rock slid aside and was caught in a narrow crevice (it did not fall from the cliff as claimed by some).
This upset the local residents considerably, since Logan Rock had been used to draw tourists to the area. Treen had become a lucrative tourist destination. Sir Richard R. Vyvyan was particularly unhappy. The local residents demanded that the British Admiralty strip Lieutenant Goldsmith of his Royal Navy commission unless he restored the boulder to its previous position at his own expense.
However, Davies Gilbert persuaded the Lords of the Admiralty to lend Lieutenant Goldsmith the required apparatus for replacing the Logan Rock. The Admiralty sent thirteen capstans with blocks and chains from the dock yard at Plymouth, and contributed £25 towards expenses. Gilbert also raised more funds
After months of effort, at 4.20pm on Tuesday, the 2nd of November, 1824, in front of thousands of spectators and with the help of more than sixty men and block and tackle, the Logan Rock was finally repositioned and returned to "rocking condition". Apparently the total final cost of this enterprise was £130 8s 6d. The original receipt for this expenditure can be found today in The Logan Rock public house in Treen. However, it is not clear how much of the remaining £105 Goldsmith had to make up out of his own pocket.
Looking along the Treen cliffs & beach near Logans rock towards Porthcurno and the Minack Theatre.
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So I'm back, to the velvet underground
Back to the floor, that I love
To a room with some lace and paper flowers
Back to the gypsy that I was
To the gypsy... that I was
The Logan Rock is an example of a logan or rocking stone and is situated on this outcrop of rocks.
Logan Rock is remembered because it was at the center of a famous drama. In April 1824, Lieutenant Hugh Goldsmith, R.N. (nephew of the famous poet Oliver Goldsmith), and ten or twelve of his crew of the cutter HMS Nimble, armed with bars and levers rocked the huge granite boulder until it fell from its cliff-top perch. Goldsmith was apparently motivated to disprove the claim of Dr Borlase, who wrote in Antiquities of Cornwall in 1754 that:
In the parish of S. Levan, there is a promontory called Castle Treryn. This cape consists of three distinct groups of rocks. On the western side of the middle group near the top, lies a very large stone, so evenly, poised that any hand may move it to and fro; but the extremities of its base are at such a distance from each other, and so well secured by their nearness to the stone which it stretches itself upon, that it is morally impossible that any lever, or indeed force, however applied in a mechanical way, can remove it from its present situation.
Goldsmith was determined to demonstrate that nothing was impossible when the courage and skill of British seamen were engaged. The Logan Rock slid aside and was caught in a narrow crevice (it did not fall from the cliff as claimed by some).
This upset the local residents considerably, since Logan Rock had been used to draw tourists to the area. Treen had become a lucrative tourist destination. Sir Richard R. Vyvyan was particularly unhappy. The local residents demanded that the British Admiralty strip Lieutenant Goldsmith of his Royal Navy commission unless he restored the boulder to its previous position at his own expense.
However, Davies Gilbert persuaded the Lords of the Admiralty to lend Lieutenant Goldsmith the required apparatus for replacing the Logan Rock. The Admiralty sent thirteen capstans with blocks and chains from the dock yard at Plymouth, and contributed £25 towards expenses. Gilbert also raised more funds
After months of effort, at 4.20pm on Tuesday, the 2nd of November, 1824, in front of thousands of spectators and with the help of more than sixty men and block and tackle, the Logan Rock was finally repositioned and returned to "rocking condition". Apparently the total final cost of this enterprise was £130 8s 6d. The original receipt for this expenditure can be found today in The Logan Rock public house in Treen. However, it is not clear how much of the remaining £105 Goldsmith had to make up out of his own pocket.
Selection of hand-carved wooden spoons. Timbers used are cherry, beech, birch, damson, field maple and rose. Only and axe and two knives were used to produce these pieces.
small square wooden boxes with hinged lid 7cm. For a description of the woods used, see their individual photographs.
For more information about Richard Windley, his boxes, and his other amazing artefacts, go to www.richardwindley.co.uk
Dull would be be of soul to pass by a sight so touching it its' majesty...
A favourite place.
Treen Cliff, West Cornwall. The beach is Pedn Vounder, the promontory Treryn Dinas/Logan Rock. The video pans towards Porthcurno with the Minack Theatre on its' cliff top position.