Goonhilly Downs and the Dry Tree Menhir

 

So here we are at Goonhilly again for our afternoon walk . I wanted to find the standing stone known as the Dry Tree Menhir . I hadn't visited it for a couple of years and we were not sure which footpath to take . Of course we took the wrong one , but it was a lovely walk . A much longer walk, but we got there in the end .

                           Here it is !  The Dry Stone Menhir  - c.1000 BC  .

There is also a Bronze Age barrow a short distance from here , I forgot to take a picture of it ,but it is pretty overgrown anyway ,it just looks like a little hill covered in heather . Oh ! I,ll get a picture of it for you next time !

                                    I always think how grumpy he looks ! 

                          Maybe it's because he doesn't have any friends .

                                     Down along and through the trees .

                                                Cool and green .

                         Then back out onto the wide open heathland again .

                           Enjoying the wild flowers , butterflies and bees .

Then on our way again and off to Trevena Cross Nursery , where they are having a sale . A tray of plants for £1.00 and there was a great selection too . 

We didn't need anymore flowers , but thought we could always squeeze in a few more vegetables  .

                                          Our veggie plant haul ! 

Onions ,Sweetcorn , Dwarf French Beans , Climing French Beans  , Snap Dragons and a lovely lemon scented Pelargonium . The plastic containers are good and solid so I can re-use them next year too .

Very happy me !