Penryn (April 2018)

Making a change from the landlocked East Midlands, we headed for the coast in Cornwall and a part of the country that we know well and really enjoy. It was also an opportunity to catch up with some familiar photographic locations.

The first of these was the abandoned Andvari in Penryn harbour which lists to one side having slipped off its wooden supports. It also looks like the boat has been stripped on its metal including the port holes and its anchor.

I did photograph this boat a couple of years ago and liked the colours and textures of the peeling paint on the wooden hull. And, as it was near to our accommodation, I thought I would give it another go:

This is a shot from May 2016 which provides some context to the images above:

The Andvari - Photography Week 19 (2016)

There is a pleasant walk along Penryn Harbour towards Flushing passing many moored boats including some, like the Andvari, that have seen better days.

The name Andvari presumably comes from Norse mythology and means "careful one". Andvari was a dwarf that lived underneath a waterfall guarding a gold ring and had the power to change himself into a fish (1,2).

Unfortunately, the Andvari no longer lives up to its name but it does make a good photographic subject: