Ruud Streefkerk

This is the view from the narrow path that runs over the cliffs of Higher Sharpnose Point on the west coast of Cornwall (GB). This spit of land is mainly known by Hawker's Hut, a historic hut that was built by Robert Stephen Hawker (1803-1875), an eccentric preacher, poet and antiquarian. He built the hut of drift-wood and wood from shipwrecks, partly in the hill and covered it with soil and a grass-roof. Parson Hawker spent many hours there writing poems, receiving famous contemporaries and smoking opium.... It is currently the smallest property owned by the National Trust. At the foot of these cliffs innumerable small rocky spits of land stretch out in the Atlantic Ocean, they are referred to as 'point', 'nose' or 'head'.