Breakfast in the UK is not like what we have here. And I liked it significantly more i think. Potatoes, tomatoes, baked beans and toast and sometimes mushrooms. YUM! And coffee strong enough to put pep in any step.
Amanda and I left the cozy confines of the tavern for rain and the bliss of seeing St. Michael's Mount. St. Michael's Mount is a small island off the southern coast of England that has a church and tiny community that is accessible by road only when the tide is out and by boat at all other times. Except, it seems, Saturdays. We waited for the Ferry to come. It never did. So we called.
The entire island was shut down. Who closes an island???? England does.
Ironic that the church was closed on Sabbath:)So we tucked ourselves back into the car and headed to Lands End and Minack Theater.
Lands End is the further point west on the English Coast. They now charge you to 'see' it. We turned around not having 'seen' the theme park that is now the end of england. We could however see the ocean and that was enough for us. And it was free to see.
Minack Theater came recommended to us by our chef at breakfast. AMAZING! Built into the cliffs over the ocean by one woman and two of her friends BY HAND, this theater balances over swells of the most beautiful greeny-blue water ever. During World War II razor wire kept the coast safe, but Ms. Minack would crawl under the wire to trim the grass. And shows have been acted out on the stage since the 1930's. Today an active theater community presents a yearly spectacle to audiences every summer.
All of my pictures of Penzance and St. Michael's Mount were destroyed along with the majority of shots from Minack Theater... Here are the survivors.
The Greeny-Blue Water
The Minack Theater
from the top looking to the stage
The Greeny-Blue Water
The Minack Theater
from the top looking to the stage
Amanda showing us how it's done
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