Millpond Gardens, Hayle

Photographs: Charles Francis February 2011: A conversation with warden Georgina Schofield This was once a busy industrial area. How did it become a garden? Harvey’s Foundry started in the 1780s and this was the site of the boring and hammer mills, and a...

The Walk and the Towans: An Introduction

Nearly every day, before breakfast, I go for a nature walk. I live in Hayle, which sits at the mouth of an estuary and looking across St Ives Bay — so there’s plenty of scope for a spot of early morning exercise in a lovely location. Sometimes, I stroll through a...