UK & Ireland - day 12 (2015-09-21) - Penzance

After many consecutive days of walking, today I had a day off, leaving the others to walk out to St. Michael's Mount and back, so an abridged posting today.

This morning we roamed the streets of downtown Penzance, searching for grandchildren gifts, checking out the bookshops, and replenishing consumable items.  We also walked out onto the breakwater and took a few photos.  From the harbour, everywhere is up in Penzance, so we did a lot of climbing.

                                         Small boat harbour - Penzance

From the end of the breakwater we could see our apartment.  In the photograph below, our apartment is the black building with the two gables in the centre.  The kitchen and living area is on the upper level (with the deck) and the bedrooms and street access are on the lower level.  You can see how close to the harbour we are.  Behind the apartment is historic Chapel Street, which runs up to the centre of town.

                           Our apartment (black building in centre of photograph)

After lunch, while the others were out walking, I lazed around and caught up on my emails.  Luxury!!!

We picked up Indian food for dinner, and while wandering and waiting for our food to be prepared, we saw the tree in the photograph below....lots of interesting carvings in it.

And that's it for today.  

There is talk of us going to St. Ives tomorrow, so stay tuned.....