Beautiful Bude in North Cornwall

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Day one of our holiday dawned with some cloud about, but a promise of sunshine. So today, a visit just along the coast to Bude, another place I have not visited.
Bude is Cornwall's most northern town and has been a popular seaside resort from Victorian times. In the l9th Century, the town was notorious for wreckers who plundered ship wrecked off the coast - over 80 vessels in the fifty year up to 1874. Not today, just tourists wrecking the place!



Bude has some good surfing beaches and was the site of the first life Saving Club. Today there were a few hardy souls trying to catch the waves. Mind you, I should be impressed by anyone who can surf, as I cannot even swim!



Next, some images of the beach huts. I just love the colours.


Watching the surfers, and anything else that moved, were these two Ravens. To quote the RSPB site "The raven is a big black bird, a member of the crow family. It is massive - the biggest member of the crow family. It is all black with a large bill, and long wings. In flight, it shows a diamond-shaped tail.
Ravens breed mainly in the west and north although they are currently expanding their range eastwards. Most birds are residents, though some birds - especially non-breeders and young birds - wander from their breeding areas but do not travel far."


Doggy paddle maybe?


I`ve got one!



Then a wander the cliff edge to see some of the interesting colours in the rocks.


What a holiday home this would be!



Then we wandered out to a rocky point which gave us a grandstand view of the whole beach and the waves crashing in the the other side. 


Gone for a swim.


We walked back along the beach to find a great place for coffee and cake and took time to photograph large numbers of geese which had stopped off, I suppose, for a rest before continuing migration to - who knows where?


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