We recently spent 9 days in Cornwall. For a week we hired a house near Bude, north Cornwall, along with our daughter Estelle and her husband Aaron, and Aaron's mother and her partner. While in Bude we made several trips. One of them took in Boscastle, a pretty fishing port, made famous by a disastrous flood a few years ago. Being set at the head of a narrow valley, it was easy to imagine how the flood arrived!
Another "must see" site was Tintagel, the legendary birthplace of King Arthur. The whole King Arthur myth seems to have been a carefully constructed legend, elaborated over the years. It is not known if he was ever there, but he might have been ..........
Once again we had to go as far as Mevagissey, where we ate a very nice seafood lunch.
After our week of "family life" with Estelle and our new grandson Owen, Mary and I moved down to Penance for two nights. One of the aims of going there was to see St Michael's Mount, especially as last year we had seen the French equivalent, Mt St Michel. There are about two hours a day when the tide allows you to walk to the Mount. We just made it, although our feet got rather wet! However it was well worth getting damp footwear for.
While we were in the far west of Corwall, we had to see Land's End of course (below right). It hasben rather "tackily" developed theme park style, but the scenery was still stunning. Especially as the weather was very pleasant.
While in the area of land's End, we also went to the Minnack (outdoor) theatre (above left). This was constructed on the cliffs in the 1930s, in a stunning natural setting. They regularly hold plays there, especially Shakespeare. The labour involved must have been enormous.
On our last night we had a takeway dinner (fish of course!), watching the sunset near the sea, with old tin mines in the background.
Our next trip will be to Venice, at the start of November.
