St Michael's Mount.
The village on the island at the base of the castle.
The town of St Aubyn.
The fishing village of Newlyn.
The Minack Theatre.
Penberth Cove.
John at Land's End.
The St Ives harbour at low tide.
St Ives.
The tide coming in.
Tuesday, August 29th.
John and I got an early start for our
Cornwall excursion. We drove straight to St. Michael's Mount. This is
a castle/church/house built on a rocky hilltop island just of the
south Cornwall coast. We arrived there about 9:00 and caught a small
ferry to the island. We walked through the old village and then up
the cobblestone path to the castle on the rock. It is co-owned by the
National Trust and the Aubyn family. We walked though admiring the
drawing rooms, the library, the map room and the like before entering
the church which was built during the 12 century. Really a beautiful
place in a location that has been utilized by people for 3000 years.
When we left there we drove to Newlyn,
a small fishing village, on the south coast. We wandered around the
port there for a bit before heading off to see the Minack Theatre.
This is an outdoor theatre carved from rock right on the coast that
John had been to before. There was a sold out play about to begin and
we were only allowed to walk through the gardens and admire the view
from above the theatre. It looked amazing, but I couldn't help asking
the attendant what happens if it rains, and she said everyone gets
wet.
From there we drove to Penberth Cove, a
beautiful tiny fishing village that she recommended. It was very
scenic and had been used as a location for a very popular TV program
called Poldark. There were a couple of really old cottages here and a
number of small fishing boats. We hiked up a hill to get a better
view of the area.
Then we drove off again to Land's End.
This the most westerly part of England. There is a very commercial
area here for families and kids, but we wandered around admiring the
rugged coastline and enjoying a Cornish pasty and the colourful
heather on the heath.
Finally we drove to St Ives, which is a
very picturesque village on the north coast of Cornwall. We checked
into our AirBnB accommodation and met Jill our hostess. She took us
out on her terrace overlooking Carbis Bay and served us a coffee. She
is a rather eccentric lonely woman. We moved into our room and then
went for a 20 minute walk to the village of St Ives. The tide was out
and we walked along the beautiful fine sand beach to the harbour. All
the boats were beached and awaiting the return of the water. We made
a reservation at a restaurant that John had been to before and then
wandered around the harbour and the town. We went to an old pub and
had a couple of pints before finally going for dinner. I had a
monkfish curry and John had a steak. Then we walked back to the
accommodation, luckily I had brought my head torch as the wooded path is unlit. We had a very
full and enjoyable day.
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