Jayne's Cornwall
I live on the Penwith Moors in Penzance, Cornwall, in an area locally known as 'Ding Dong'. It's an absolutely stunningly beautiful place to live.
When I moved from London, I was concerned that there wouldn't be much to do down here - how wrong I was.
If you don't do anything else there are the most fantastic walks. My morning dog walk takes in three Cornish engine houses, two ancient stone circles, Men an Tol and the Nine Maidens and a standing stone with writing on it, Men Scryfra .
The whole of Ding Dong is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and whatever the weather there are brilliant places to visit.
There is a lot of historical evidence of mining activity in the area as well as the ancient standing stones and burial chambers. The weather can be very windy and misty here, often giving at a wonderful wild, mysterious atmosphere. It is also very changeable, I have often walked out in glorious sunshine, only to have to run home in a hail storm.
This is Mulfra Quoit, just a short walk away, during an unusual spate of snow. Mulfra Quoit is a partially collapsed burial chamber and the capstone has slipped on one side. Only three uprights and the capstone survive. The capstone is is thought to weigh approximately 5 tons.
There are plans afoot to start grazing the heath land again, this is all part of the Heath Project, but I don't know when they will be starting.
Free Cornwall 2008 calendar
Download this 2008 Cornish calendar for free, it's in PDF format and is 124kb.
If you can't open this file you may need to download the latest version of Adobe Reader.
There are more photographs of Cornwall in my photographs section.