Lundy Bay (East Cove)

Lundy Bay is dotted with a few tiny rocky coves like this one. When the tide is fully out you may get a small patch of wet sand, but otherwise they are just a tumble of rocks. But those in the know come and spread themselves on the warm rocks on sunny days like today. The sea is calm and a ridiculously intense blue. Here, maybe more than anywhere else that I've seen on Cornwall's coast, people will just step off the rocks for a swim, some going even as far as the next cove around the corner. With the crowds gone, this late summer's day has a lazy, languid feel to it, borrowed time that no-one else will miss...