Clay Country

Today we went geocaching along the Clay Trail from Bugle to the Eden Project.

At the start of the trail was this stunning statue. I don't know why they chose to put a horse here but it a beautiful sculpture.

The path is unexpectedly well developed given that it is in an area that is essentially man made as a result of the extraction of china clay and other minerals which has resulted in an artificial landscape.

We found three geocaches along this part of the trail, two were cleverly camouflaged adding a nice bit of interest and challenge- though it didn't take us long to find them.

We then walked further along the trail to do a Wherigo geocache- the only bit I didn't much was the section we had to walk along the road itself- you can be as careful as possible but you are putting your life in the hands of other peoples careful driving doing that...


As we walked along I noticed a mine chimney sticking out of a field. We walked to take a closer look and found it, with some stables built right next to it. I really like that in Cornwall the old stacks are all around but are just being absorbed into the modern landscape.




You can't go far in Cornwall without seeing a mine chimney...






Most of the landscape in this photo is artificial, being built on china clay mining waste.

Two more spoil heaps; locally they are sometimes called the Cornish Alps. I actually quite like them, they are being returned to a natural state and are quite a sight.

I've got loads more photos of the Wherigo cache walk itself that I'll post tomorrow
So until next time
Gillian