Around Cornwall.

This is the view from the front yard of the first school I went to. It is now part of a world heritage site celebarting Cornwalls mining heritage.
My older brother and I used to walk to and from school along this road, we were always terrified of meeting a car as there was no where to go except up the hedge, which can seem mighty high when you are only six years old.
From the top of Carn Brea, with the castle in the background and Redruth off in the distance, taken while standing in the Cup and Saucer, pictured below.

The Cup and Saucer, a rock as kids we would climb into and sit.
Carn Brea Monument, to the Basset family, the local gentry.

View from the Carn towards Pool and Camborne.

My first school: Peace School.
An old, restored pumping engine, to keep the mines free from water, at Pool.

Part of the piston,the arm (green) is 52 tons, this is owned by the National Trust and they are considering restoring it to working condition.

The actual piston itself.

From the outside, this engine house unlike the one at Pool was used to lift the miners and ore to and from the mine shafts.

Carn Brea castle.