St Michael's Mount, near Penzance in West Cornwall, bathed in warm July sunshine (although if I'm being honest, a little warmer than was comfortable). A very enjoyable two weeks spent in one of my favourite parts of the UK.
Travelling the 500 miles back home to North East England on Saturday and the temperature was a uniform 29°C (apart from hitting 32°C in Somerset) – it was a bit depressing watching the temperature drop ten degrees on the final few miles. Now, Sunday morning has dawned with a wall to wall greyness!
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The Promenade, Penzance, Cornwall, 1908 - Milton Glazette Postcard
: Photos Visited my brother in Penzance today. Finally a day where the sun came out.
Took this photo on my phone on the journey there.
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The #village of #Starcross is small but it happens to have a #RailwayStation on the line from #LondonPaddington and #Penzance, though the #IntercityTrains don’t usually stop there. This is the last part of the journey for me before I turn and head back homewards at the station itself.
Yesterday, we went on a trip to #Penzance in #Cornwall. There is a direct #RailwayLine running from here to #London #Paddington. My local station is about half way along this 6-hour route and I’ve been on the London leg many time and so I thought it would be nice to go to the end of the line in the other direction. There are lots of #RailwayStations with strange names, like #Lostwithiel and #StErth and so it was nice to pass through them on our way.
#166 George Bown Millett (ed) - Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Report and Transactions, 1880-81. Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Penzance, 1881. #Penzance #Antiquities #Archaeology #NaturalHistory #BookOfTheDay
Time for another train post…
In 2019 I took the Night Riviera from Penzance to London, UK. The Night Riviera is one of only two sleeper train services surviving in Britain, the other being the Caledonian Sleeper (which serves five destinations in Scotland).
In the daytime it takes five hours for this train journey from Cornwall, but overnight it’s more leisurely, allowing enough time for sleep. On boarding I dropped my backpack in my compartment and went straight to the bar car where I had a drink and a chat with my fellow passengers.
Then I headed to bed and had a good sleep as we trundled toward the capital. On reaching Paddington Station, sleeper passengers could use the showers and coffee facilities located in what used to be Queen Victoria’s waiting room. Very nice!
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A few snaps from yesterday's #Montol Festival in #Penzance, #Cornwall. My favorite way to welcome the #WinterSolstice. The festival is a revival or reinterpretation of many of the traditional #Cornish midwinter customs & #Christmas traditions formerly practiced in and around the Penzance area. #folklore More pics in comments.