Thursday 9/5/2019 Cornwall, Michael's Mount, Land's End, Winery

Thursday 9/5 Day 9  Breakfast & Dinner included.  Average High  65°  Low  56° 28% rain

The Cornwall Hotel And Spa. Pentewan Rd, Tregorrick, St. Austell, PL26 7AB UK. Phone 44 1726 874 050. 2nd night. Reviews= ****+  Free Wifi.  Modern and Victorian rooms in this 19th- century manor with pool, spa and dining with 43 acres of wooded parkland in St. Austell.  Close to popular sandy beaches.  Staff helpful.  Layout confusing.  Restaurant was just ok.    

My opinion of the hotel.  The rooms are spacious and clean.  We could order off the menu which was great.  We were so busy during our stay, we didn’t really get a chance to appreciate the hotel.  Phone says 5.2 miles, 12,655 steps and I climbed 26 floors. 

Cornwall

TOUR INFO "Enjoy a leisurely morning before setting out for a day of discovery. See iconic St. Michael’s Mount, a monastery turned castle that stands steadfast off the shores of Penzance in the mouth of Mount’s Bay. Then, travel along Cornwall’s stunning coastal road to Land’s End, England’s most westerly point. Visit the popular artist colony and resort town of St. Ives for an afternoon at leisure. Tonight we visit a local winery for a farm-to-table dinner and wine pairing."

My Info = St. Michael's Mount means "hoar rock in woodland".  It is a small tidal island located in Mount's Bay.  A man-made causeway links St. Micheal's Mount to the town of Marazion, but only during mid-tide and low water.  The St. Aubyn family have lived there since 1650.  The island size is 57 acres. We were not able to walk over because it was 45 minutes before high tide.  

Land's End is a headland and tourist area.  It is the most westerly point of mainland Cornwall and England and is a popular venue for rock climbers.  Rare species of plant life can be found there.  

Trip to St. Ives was interesting on a very curvy, narrow road.  It took our driver a while to inch past a car,  but he made it.  The woman driving didn’t help him at all.  She could have pulled over a bit further or at least pulled her mirror in.  

We made this whole string of cars back up to let us through, they were close to an intersection and we were not.