The week in pictures: Cornwall

1 of 6 HMS Ark Royal moored at Mounts Bay to allow troops and aircraft to disembark for RNAS Culdrose.

2 of 6 Ten helicopters from 849 Squadron returned to their base at RNAS Culdrose.

3 of 6 More than 400 Royal Marines from 42 Commando arrived back in the South West from the war in Iraq.

4 of 6 TV chef Rick Stein is investing £1.6m in the Rocklands Hotel in Newquay for a new restaurant project.

5 of 6 Cornwall-born adventurer Pete Goss is aiming to walk in the footsteps of Captain Scott by trekking to the South Pole and back.

6 of 6 One of the South West's most popular spring flowers, the bluebell, is under threat from its Spanish cousin.