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Maltese Invade Cornwall - part 1 of 1 2 3 4

Published 01/04/2010

By Joe Smith

A bleary-eyed Team Malta totters down for an early breakfast. There are obvious signs that, following the euphoria from the previous evening's Awards Dinner, partying had gone on deep into the wee hours. Well, who can blame us on this one? Eight major awards between four photographers is not a bad haul, more so when one considers that the Overseas categories were done away with this time round.

So there we were, tackling our eggs, bacon and sausages in slow motion and trying to think with a clear mind of the adventure that lay ahead of us.

You see, Ruben had it all planned out. After checkout, we were to pick up a hired car from Heathrow, drive for four hours down to Cornwall and spend three days in a cottage, perched on a cliff in a place called Portwrinkle. Of course, loads of photography along the south coast was also part of the itinerary.

A short taxi ride to Heathrow's car-hire terminal later we discovered that the hired five-seater had space for all of us, but not the luggage. We decided to upgrade, but Ruben wasn't amused when we were presented with a comfortable, automatic seven-seater with ample space for all of our stuff, and us. You see, Ruben had volunteered to be our driver as he professed to be experienced in driving overseas and also because of his 'great sense of direction'. Being a car buff, he was mumbling something about how an automatic gearbox kills the joys and thrills of driving. The rest of us looked at each other with some trepidation, but after a few jolts, stomach-wrenching decelerations and handbrake turns, Ruben got the car smoothly out of the parking lot and took a southerly direction.

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