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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Spotted this duck (it makes a noise like Jimmy Carr laughing) by the River Rhine in Germany. Anybody any idea what type of duck it is?

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The light brimming around St Clement’s Island and a lovely pink house. “Adrift, St Clement’s Island made skeletal by the high tide Resembles some waking kraken full of hideous intent To plunder Mousehole’s harbour wall And coil a tentacle or two around an unsuspecting tourist” #Cornwall

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Lovely walk around Cape Cornwall yesterday and spotted the first Hottentot Fig flower of the year.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

#PostBoxSaturday Nice Victorian post box in the Kennal Vale between Stithians and Ponsanooth, Cornwall, UK

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

After 40 days and nights of rain (seems like it!), it was nice to get down to Mousehole and walk home with the blue sky, sea and birdsong as accompaniment. #Cornwall

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Just back from shopping, Penzance, Cornwall ❤️

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Lovely calm day on the Mousehole to Newlyn road last week. Cornwall at its best.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Roskilly Beach, Newlyn, Cornwall. Complete with bathers

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I know of six or seven still in West Cornwall. The one below is the most of the beaten track I saw (up a lane in Whitecross). Thought they looked a little scary for kids 😳

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I think you can tell from this photo it was there in the 18th Century 😀

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I’ve been asked to help kick off an exhibition of a selection of artworks by Cornish artists at The Fish Factory at Penryn from 6 - 8 on Monday May 26. The exhibition runs from 26 - 31 May #Commuter #FishFactoryPenryn #Cornwall

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Sometimes the light hits the bell-tower just right. Abbey Slip, Penzance, Cornwall

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Looking up the walk at Abbey Slip, Penzance, Cornwall. Campanula and Wall Daisies

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Cornwall - flag…chapel…palm tree

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

My local Cornish team Penzance AFC won the Walter C Parsons Cup 8-7 after a penalty shoot-out against Cullompton Rangers at Launceston. Tough game…but we won!

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Dancing thrift at Pendower Coves at the far west of Cornwall.

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The coastal path coming down from Gwennap Head into Porthgwarra, Cornwall is a riot of blue and white (bluebells and three-cornered leeks) at the moment.

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Caught my eye -Penlee, West Cornwall

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Serenity by the River Fowey at Trekeivesteps, Cornwall

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Serenity at Siblyback Lake, Cornwall

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Polar Bear spotted at Siblyback Lake, Cornwall. (Global warning, see!) Cornwall Live to report on this tomorrow

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Penzance, Cornwall looking gorgeous.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I would agree with that. Used to drive the bus into there up to ten times a day. Gorgeous place.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Sunday stroll around Penzance, Cornwall…The Mount, Lescudjack Iron Age Fort and our iconic railway station. #CornwallUK

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Here’s an extract from my poem A VIEW FROM A CAB which is about the Cornwall I get to see from the can of my bus.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Gool Perran Lowen Onen hag Oll! photo by Kris Meaden

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 15: An Flogh Kernewek pyw gweles bythqweth an mor The Cornish child who has never seen the sea - Yonker a’n-tir-ma (Young one of this land) Mor ankoth dhedha (Sea is unknown unto them) Nes mes pell dhe-ves (Close but far away) Thanks to Esther Johns

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 14: An Deylu Kernewek Dyannedhas The Cornish Family Dispossessed Rentow re gostek (Rents too expensive) Ertach ledrys gans (Heritage stolen by) Treven tornysi (Housing tourists) Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this. Painting by Harold Harvey

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 12: An Den Bal Kernewek The Cornish Miner Herdhys dhe diberth (Forced to leave) Rag hwilas ober (To find work) In tiryow erel (In other lands) The Englyn is a sort of Celtic haiku. Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 11: An Tiek Kernewek The Cornish Farmer Savonow gwithys (Standards preserved) In spit an arwask (Despite oppression) Dre worvarghasow (From supermarkets) The Englyn is Celtic haiku Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this Photo - flickr.com

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 10: An Pyskador Kernewek - The Cornish Fisherman Owth argelli oll (Risking all) Diown war vor fell (Fearless on the cruel sea) Ena traytouri (Then treachery) Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this. Photo - cannondigi.com

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 9: An Sens Kernewek The Cornish Saints Ow tones omma (Arriving here) Gans brysyow nowydh (With new thoughts) Dre ven, delen, skath (By stone, leaf, boat) The Englyn is a sort of Celtic haiku. Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 8: An Meyn Kernewek The Cornish Stones Kylghyow, meyn meur (Circles, great stones) Styryas oll yw (All interpreted) A-barth hanow Duw (In God’s name) The Englyn is a sort of Celtic haiku. Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this.

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 7: An Splyt Kernewek - The Cornish Split Bara bian hweg (Sweet bread roll) Splyt, kyfeyth kensa (Split, jam first) Dehen a-wartha (Cream on top) The Englyn is a sort of Celtic haiku. Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 6. An Pasty Kernewek - The Cornish Pasty Prenys yn gwerthji (Bought in a shop) Meurgerys gans oll (Beloved by all) Dre vamm an gwella (By mother the best) The Englyn is a sort of Celtic haiku. Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

The Abbey Slip, Penzance, Cornwall

Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 5. An Balores Kernewek - The Cornish Chough Glow-du, als-triger (Coal-black, cliff-dweller) Gelvin rudh, regyth (Red bill, an ember) Kolon tan rag tre (A burning heart for home) Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this. Photo - Kris Meaden

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 4. An Baner Kernowek - The Cornish Flag Monochrome ha teudh (Monochrome and molten) Sten a res north, soth (Tin flows north, south) Est ha west war dhu (East and west on the black) The Englyn - a sort of Celtic haiku Thanks to Esther Johns for her help on this.

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A Cornish Englyn (form - Besonnten) 3. An Wonysegeth Kernowek - The Cornish Culture Tontyewgh an margh fol (Taunt the mad horse) Hag an gasek marow (And the dead mare) Tro bys war y benn (Turn a world on its head) Thanks to Esther Johns for her help with this. Photo - Kris Meaden

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Gray Lightfoot @graylight.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I shall be posting 15 Englyns over the next 15 days. The Englyn is a sort of Celtic haiku. There are various types of Englyn and one is called the Besonnten which gets its name from the 15 bezants on the Cornish crest and consists of 15 syllables broken into 5-5-5. This time in #Kernewek language