Cider in a rosy pink land

St Dominic, Tamar Valley, Cornwall The light haloes trees near the river and tinges stubble fields pink behind the orchard where the old cider press is in use

The westering sun glints on shrivelled leaves, rowan berries and ivy flowers on the roadside verge by Viverdon Down. The evening light tinges stubble fields pink and haloes crowns of trees around Westcott and towards the river Lynher.

On this predominantly arable side of the parish, overlooked by the skyline of Caradon, Stowes Hill, Sharp Tor and Kilmar, cultivation of next year's crops began well before the quarter day of Michaelmas. The little enclosure that contains the prehistoric henge stands out among the browns of the soil and arrishes and the emerald of pastures.