Near the Stone Circle
on Bodmin Moor
Upon my recent visit to
Cornwall, we ventured up to one of favourite spots – the Hurlers
(Minions). Bodmin Moor is a place that is brimming with history and
character, from its gauss bushes, wild ponies and decaying relics
from its tin mining past. If you like walking, I would definitely
recommend a visit… just don’t try to climb into any open mines!
The Gold Digging’s
This secluded rustic
beauty spot is about 30 mins from the Minion’s car park if you
follow the quartz track. You can spot the Gold Digging’s Quarry
(Swit Quarry) by the stone shelf that just out from surround green
landscape, you can mistaken for a natural formation of granite
boulders. I have little knowledge about the quarry apart from it’s
filled with water, whether it was filled from a nearby flooded mine
(which I’m not too sure about) of whether it is filled with rain
water is something I would be curious to know. I’ve heard rumours
that the pit is deep and that cars have been dumped at the bottom!
Again, this is little more than what I've heard from rumours. I was
fascinated with this place as a lad and now I’m probably even more
so now that I'm grown man. Eerie, rustic, and beautiful all at the
same time - not to mention nostalgic for me!
Thank you for reading.
These photo were take on around Easter 2017
J Odell
