Mont or Mount.

Wednesday 18th May 2016 - Marazion.

We had a slow morning due to heavy showers.  We utilised our slow cooker for lamb hot pot.

After an early lunch we walked a nice country and coastal route to Marazion.  As per normal the views were super.

We walked the last section along the beach.  

Our intention was to visit St Michael's Mount.  It would have been nice to walk across the causeway but the tide was well in so we caught the ferry.

This is a view from the Mounts harbour back towards the mainland. 

The Mount was very well conserved and unspoilt.  I had recently been to Mont St Michel in Normandy. They are almost carbon copies of each other.  Mont St Michel is larger and visually more stunning but the interior of the Abbey is very bare and the lead up to the Abbey is very commercial, especially if you like biscuits by 'Mere Poullard' who seems to own the whole island.  In contrast, St Michael's Mount is not commercial and not so cluttered.  The interior of the House and Abbey are filled with antiques, paintings and local historical objects, much better than the minimal approach of the French isle.  I was told that the French Mont was started before the English version but it was finished later.  I suspect that a competition was going on between the builders to out do each other.

It was breezy but the sun shone and gave us stunning views.

We got back to the mainland and had a cream tea day instead of a pasty before we walked back.

We enjoyed our hotpot with our own newly acquired bottle of Lea and P.

I recently found out that Lidl do their own version of Lea and P.  Not sure if I can compromise but maybe I should at least give it a try!

This morning I managed to do some catch up with the Sunday Paper.  An article was about a Continental Goldfinch Smuggling Mafia.  The Goldfinch may be the only finch that we haven't seen.....no wonder, they are all getting captured by unscrupulous bird thieves.  I had previously heard about 'budgie rustlers' but I was shocked to hear that Goldfinch thieves can be armed and dangerous.  One bird lover was attacked by a man wearing nothing but a T shirt and underpants, wielding a spade as a weapon.  Apparently they catch the birds by putting strong glue on trees!  I will be on the look out!

We had a quiet but sunny evening...lovely.