Snippets: Minack Theatre and Land's End

The skies were much better on day two of our Cornish exploration. We said goodbye to the lovely Bay Lodge B&B and headed firstly for the unique Minack Theatre. In the 1920s a lady called Rowena Cade moved to Cornwall from Cheltenham and had the stroke of genius to carve theatre seats into her hillside, with the ocean as the backdrop to the stage. It was called the Minack Theatre (Minack meaning rock in Cornish) and, with only two other gardeners, spent her life working laying and carving the seats for the theatre. It had to halt in WWII when it was sealed with barbed wire as the coast was first defence in the War, but apart from that interruption it carried on and grew to become a famous outdoor theatre.

Second stop was Land's End. Bit of a rort to pay 5pounds to park your car to walk around the most westerly mainland point of the UK, however we had to do it I suppose. The coast around the Minack theatre was probably more striking, but it was still beautiful. I just sound spoiled!

Then we went to another unique spot, St Michael's Mount. Separated from the mainland by the tides, St Michael's Mount has been a monastery, a fortress a port and a family home.
The same family live and manage the island as they have since the 17th century. Can you imagine having that much knowledge of and, I guess continuity in your family lineage?

We had a quick lunch at the market town, Marizion, which looks out to the Mount. Charles II reportedly spent a night in an inn there before he made for the Scilly Isles.

Finally we cruised up the beautiful coast before turning into the cryptic country lanes to our second B&B in St Mabyn, an old chapel with more lovely hosts. We managed to navigate our way to the St Tudys Inn for dinner; it is such a cute village, like something out of a story book, and the publican was such a host, in his bowtie and red cords, and has created a beautiful little nook, with the roaring fireplace and big wooden tables.