Gale Force Winds at Penzance (30th October)

 A very windy day for Phil's birthday (last Thursday) - I did manage to get my lighthouse image before the conditions got too bad. The developing storm certainly blew away all the cobwebs and would have taken me with them had a passing man not grabbed me and escorted me to a sheltering wall. 

Penzance in the Rain

On Wednesday, we took the local bus from St Ives to Penzance and spent a few hours exploring the town. The High street has a lot of empty shops but also some attractive side alleys and houses. There are a couple of very attractive parks and the Jubilee Pool, the UK's largest art deco sea water lido, originally opened in 1935. It was the first to have a geothermally heated pool at 30-35 degrees from an underground well. The rain cleared in the afternoon and we made our way to Marazion