South of England Blog August 14th, 2015
August 20, 2015 at 7:22 PM
Friday August 14th: St. Michael’s on the Mount, Lands End and St. Ives
Another great day here in the South of England. Today we visited the castle of St. Michael’s on the Mount which is a castle that stands hight upon the rocks on an island in the harbour. At low tide you walk along a stone causeway to the island and during hight time a boat from the docks.
We then visited the furthest point south in England, Lands End, had lunch and then some time to take photographs. We then traveled up the coast to St.Ives, Cornwall. We have had another great day and even thought it rained as we left our hotel this morning, it was beautiful and sunny the rest of the day. Enjoy this evenings selection of images.
The first image is the stone causeway that appears when the tide is out
The view from the top, you can get a good idea of the length of the causeway
B&W of the inner harbour on the island
There were a few steps to climb to the top, Dan, Tammy and Jette heading to the top
The castle has many beautiful gardens
The castle study. This is still a residence
Sun dial on the castle wall ... can you tell what time it is?
A view of the castle pathways are gardens
These two children having fun in the castle court yard
Another view looking out from the castle chapel
Inside the castle chapel
HDR B&W of the castle defences
This couple were posing for their wedding photos
Land's End ... the most southerly point on mainland UK
The first and last house in England
This was part of a miniature village at Land's End, notice the beautiful heather in the background
Another house in the miniature village
Pathway full of flowers, the trail leads away from Land's End
St. Ives, Cornwall harbour this afternoon
View of the row houses from the harbour
St. Ives beach area was very busy on such a sunny day
A great day to do some pier jumping
Which also made for some good stop action photography
This gal was taking a running jump
This bull seal was looking for a little attention
That's it for this evenings photographs. Tomorrow we head north for the cotswolds and our last two days in England. Good night from all the Trekkers here in England.