1st July
With no sign of any improvement in the weather, we are making the most of our time in Penzance and have made a list of places we would like to visit.
First on the list is St. Michael’s Mount. We walked to the bus station in Penzance and caught a bus to Marazion Square from where we could either walk or catch a ferry depending on whether the causeway was above or below the water. As it turned out, we had just missed being able to walk and so caught one of the many ferries motoring back and forth between the mainland and the island. There was quite a swell but we made it to the island without getting unduly wet.
We had a nice light, tasty lunch in the restaurant, then joined the National Trust and headed up the steep, mainly cobbled hill to the castle. Despite the greyness of the day, there were beautiful views of St. Michael’s Bay from all sides as we made our way to the top.
The Castle proved to be very interesting. Like many similar National Trust properties, it was built many years ago and is now being sympathetically maintained and renovated and hopefully will be around for many generations to enjoy.
We then made our way back down the hill and jumped into the next ferry returning to the mainland. We were lucky enough to get a bus back into Penzance within a few minutes, although sanity must have deserted us as we opted to sit on the top deck of an open bus which flew along mercilessly freezing exposed hands and faces and ruining styles of anyone with hair