St Michael's Mount

This small island off the coast of Marazion is the landmark of Cornwall. When the Normans conquered England in 1066, they were struck by the island's resemblance to their own Mont St Michel that they built an abbey here.

The island was sold to the St Aubyn family in 1659. It is now belong to the National Trust with the Aubyn family retaining a 999 years lease to live on the island. The inhabitants of the island now work on the island.

Mont St Michel, France

September 2003

Lidl

Lidl is a German supermarket chain. We bought some food and drinks here before going to Mount St Michael.

Getting our water supply

And biscuits

Lunch at Scarlett's Kitchen

We had our lunch here.

Lasagne

Burger

Fried Scampi

Pork Ribs

Penzance Promenade

We walked along the promenade towards Newlyn before lunch.

The English Channel

Newlyn, a town near Penzance

Our hotel behind us

The Queens Hotel

The Queens Hotel was opened in 1862. It sits right in front of the western Penzance promenade facing the English Channel. 

Our sea view room faces the English Channel

The children's room

Penzance

The next morning we took an early train to Penzance in Cornwall.

Early check out

Our hotel in Exeter

We were in Penzance after three hours

Pensans in Cornish

Dinner at Gourmet Burger Kitchen

We took the bus to the city centre before having our dinner

The Blue Boy

Self-checkout

We took the bus back to the hotel