Photos from Pentewan Beach and Pentewan village and which look out onto St Austell Bay on the south Cornwall coast. Photos from a sunny morning on the first day of September.
Hollicombe and Livermead are two nice beaches north of Paignton. They are usually fairly quiet due to lack of parking. Photos from a late August morning. Also photos from the afternoon at Trenchard and Tottiford Lakes, which are two lakes on Dartmoor, north of Bovey Tracey. There are nice walks around these two lakes.
Photos from Middle Staple Tor, Great Staple Tor and Roos Tor, which are Dartmoor tors close to the Tavistock to Princetown road.
Porth Reservoir is a tranquil spot just a couple of miles from busy Newquay. There are nice walks along the south and north banks of the reservoir. Photos from a sunny morning at Porth Reservoir in late August, with photos from Hayle in the afternoon. Hayle is a small harbour town in west Cornwall and you can walk along the river front to the beach at Hayle.
The Avon Dam is in south Dartmoor, near South Brent and there is a pleasant walk following the river from Shipley Bridge up to the dam, with fine views. Stover Country Park is a woodland and nature reserve near Newton Abbot in Devon. Photos are from a fine Tuesday in late August.
Crantock Beach is one of Cornwall’s best beaches, with a huge expanse of sand at low tide. Photos from a hazy day in August, including photos of Crantock Beach and the Gannel river which flows south of Newquay onto Crantock Beach.
Stoke Gabriel is a picturesque Devon village with a small lake (known as the mill pond) which feeds into the river Dart. Photos from a sunny afternoon in August.
