Great video and walk! Love the industrial heritage of Cornwall, now to be discovered in the most beautiful evocative landscapes!. I'm glad the centuries of underground toil, and the risks involved in deep-mine mineral extraction, are now properly recognised by the informative heritage centres, alongside dedicated local volunteers who help run them.
Enjoyed following your fun adventures in Cornwall. They are very informative, too. We stopped at the Fox and Hounds when we were in Cornwall in 2009, but they were closed that day. I took some photos of the building with all the beautiful flower baskets. Afterwards we stopped at a bakery and got a savory and a dessert pasty to eat in the Gwennap Pit. Some of my Dad's Cornwall ancestors were in Gwennap well into the 1600s. My Dad's grandfather along with his sibs and parents immigrated to upper Michigan in the 1870s.
How interesting! There is a saying that 'where there is a hole in the ground, you will find a Cornishman at the bottom of it', because so many miners left Cornwall and took their mining skills with them! Sarah:)
My grandma was Wesleyan, and she described the pits to me as a young girl, i'm 72, and grandma has been gone 50 years, she emigrated to the USA Connecticut with her family in 1890. Thank You!
Lived in Vogue, next village to St Day 40 years ago. Used to walk to Gennap Pit back then, but it didn't seem quite as complicated as that. I don't remember a flooded quarry, keep warm.
