Marazion beach is about a mile long beginning in front of the village of the same name and stretching around Mount’s Bay to the Station House pub then continuing for another two miles into Longrock and Eastern Green. The railway into Penzance runs alongside the sea from this point. The beach itself is never very…
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Christmas in Cornwall
We’re on the beach! Crunch… Squelch… Sinking sand. Wet shoes and feet. The tide comes in with surf pounding. Foreign gulls reclaim the shore from the natives. Clouds come and go. The sun plays hide and seek in a light breeze. Dog walkers in sensible boots and dogs with sensible paws walk briskly. Whilst we…
St Michael’s Mount
First visit this year! But of course the actual island isn’t open for business yet. I hope I get the opportunity to visit the gardens, but until then I can at least now get a little bit closer.
A Bracing Beach Walk
The Northern Hemisphere meteorological winter began on Sunday, a bright and crisp dry day with dramatic clouds approaching from the west. Time for a quick drive to the beach for a bracing walk. St Michael’s Mount is closed during the winter months, but you can still walk across the causeway at low tide to visit…
magic on a winter’s day
The views over to St Michael’s Mount change throughout the year and with the tides. In winter there are only two ways to cross over to the island – by foot over the causeway at low tide, or using the amphicraft. The best time to take a photograph is either early or late in the day…
Cornish favourites: St Michael’s Mount
The gardens on St Michael’s Mount are well hidden from the mainland. The gardens are on the rocky slopes and are not easily accessible with the steep and narrow paths, steps and terraces and require constant maintenance and conservation to keep them in good condition. You need to have nerves of steel and a head…
day 18: Marazion Sunset
The sun setting from Marazion: Mount’s Bay in winter. December’s #SquareSky challenge | Marazion Sunset
cornwall in colours: red
Formerly the Town Hall (1871) and then a bank this unique building is now a museum. Located in Market Place, Marazion. A steep sprocketed lead roof with clock face to each side and iron balustrade with fleur-de-lys detail round a square flat roof and a weather vane over the middle.
Cornwall in Colours 