The Christmas swim at Sennen is quite an event and this year attracted probably a hundred and fifty swimmers and at least as many jealous folk as onlookers. Towards eleven the beach transforms from having a few people to having a huge group, all getting strangely excited. And that excitement transfers to all as the [...]
December, 2011 Archive
Stormy St Ives
St Ives is best visited in winter I reckon. Even then it’s usually quite busy. Park up by the station and if you don’t even make it past Porthminster Beach you can still have a great day. Yesterday was squally, and by the time we got around to the Island it was howling. Doggo and [...]
Montol Festival in Penzance, and the revitalised Coastguards, Mousehole.
West Cornwall loves a festival, and the more pagan the better. Montol, the winter solstice festival apparently balances Golowan, the summer solstice. Whatever the story, the event is fun, if low key so far. The fabulously named Turkey Rhubarb Band leads the affair which is a procession of lanterns and eerily dressed folk from the big [...]
Winter sunshine at New Forge, Tregiffian
If you’d woken at New Forge this morning you’d have thought that foul weather had set in for the day. Yet by the afternoon the sun was out and our short walk was another stunner. Up to Escalls then down the Fairy Lanes to the cliffs and on to a deserted beach. I found [...]
Stars through the skylight
Last night I forgot to pull the blinds down on the two big velux roof windows in the bedroom at New Forge. What a good move! I woke in the night, the sky had cleared, and I spent a while just loving watching the stars. Today is a bit grotty anyway and so there wasn’t [...]
Escalls Chapel, Sennen.
Most people pass Escalls Chapel scores of times when driving to and from Sennen, some people expect that it has been converted into a house, some, including us, use it as a land mark “If you get to Escalls Chapel, you’ve missed the turning”. And just a few go in. We did on Sunday, not [...]
New Forge plays host to Mama Tokus
We were chuffed to play host to performer Mama Tokus a couple of weeks back, giving her a chance to kick back, read a few books, get her head in a good space, and hopefully pen some new tunes, while her fella surfed, and surfed, and read, and surfed. In the words of her website [...]
Waking in a sun drenched Cabin, Tregiffian, Sennen.
Waking in blissful, bright, winter sunshine is a joy to be sought. On Thursday night neighbour Mark and I headed down to the Old Success for a few gentle HSDs (Hicks Special Draught, High Speed Death, HS Dizzy, take your pick), and some supper. It’s middle of the road food, with over priced beer, but [...]
