Restronguet Creek in Winter
by Terri Waters
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Restronguet Creek in Winter
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Terri Waters
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Restronguet Creek on the south coast of Cornwall looks stunning any time of the year.
I love walking the creeks in any weather as the light and clouds mean the views are never the same.
Restronguet Creek resembles an inland tidal lake, where twice every day the tide draws sea water from the Carrick Roads through a narrow gap known as the 'gut'. The Creek itself covers the area of water from Restronguet Point and Weir Point up to the road bridges at Penpol, Devoran and Perran Wharf. The Creek is fed from the Carnon and the Kennal rivers which flow down from the 'spine' of mid Cornwall. During the 18th and 19th centuries the Restronguet Creek was an important industrial waterway, navigable by ships of considerable size, which brought pit props from Norway and Wales for the tin mines of mid Cornwall; coal from Wales for the smelting works at Point, for the railway and mine engines and for people's homes; lime to slake the acid soil on surrounding farmland; and transported copper ore, which had been brought down the Carnon Valley by the Redruth and Chasewater railway.
Today the Creek is recognised for its beauty, its wildlife and its industrial heritage
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March 15th, 2018
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