Day 2, 13/12/06, Home Page


To finish our day off we decided to go to Lands End. It was about 2.30 in the afternoon and the Park closed at 4pm so we weren't charged an entrance fee.

The weather here was extremely windy and when we walked to the far point Gai decided she would be blown away into the ocean so she walked no further.

Land's End, situated approximately nine miles west of Penzance, is the most westerly point of the English mainland and the closest to the North American continent. The granite cliffs, which make up the coastline of West Cornwall, are seen at their best here where the combination of the power of the sea and the strength of the cliffs reduce man to a mere spectator of nature. On a clear day, the Isles of Scilly can be seen lying just on that horizon - a group of small, yet very beautiful, islands of which five are inhabited while the remainder of nearly 100 are given over to sea birds! Closer to shore is the Longships Lighthouse, just over a mile out to sea, while in the distance, about six miles to the south-west, can be seen the Wolf Rock lighthouse.





The tip of
Lands End

Clive ventured
further.

But Gai
would not!.

The
Entrance.

The Minack
Theatre.

Minack Theatre. Blowing
a gale here too.

Looking out from
the Minack Theatre.

Looking out from
the Minack Theatre.

Gai at
Lands End.

Clive at
Lands End.

Old Boat at
Lands End.

Climbing aboard
the old boat.

The First and
Last House.