please empty your brain below
Aha! That’s where you were.
I visited about 11 years ago.

Rob Healy | Homepage | 21.03.18 - 1:00 a.m. | #

Love Penzance!

Happy Harry | 21.03.18 - 5:40 a.m. | #

What a wonderful part of the country. Looking forward to reading more.

whiff | 21.03.18 - 5:57 a.m. | #

No pirates yet? After all, you are the very model of a modern Major Blogger

Tom | 21.03.18 - 6:13 a.m. | #

Brighton's Duke of York's Picture House has two years on the Penzance one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_York's_Picture_House,_Brighton

Jamesthegill | 21.03.18 - 7:17 a.m. | #

Sir Humphrey Davey
Abominated gravy
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.

Mike D | 21.03.18 - 7:37 a.m. | #

Trereife House, a beautiful Queen Anne Manor House is worth a visit when there is an event on and trust you had a Jelbert’s at Newlyn. If so did you see the oar and London 2012 photograph? The oar belongs to Helen Glover whose parents own and run the shop.

Lynn | 21.03.18 - 7:52 a.m. | #

Been to Penzance a few times. Sailed the ferry to the Scilly Isles, also by helicopter as there was at one time a helicopter service from Penzance. I believe there are plans to restart the service.

Maybe you should return in the summer, there is a lot to see and do in Cornwall.

John | 21.03.18 - 7:53 a.m. | #

Hah Penzance. Been there a few times circa early '80s. I spent 2 years studying in nearby (20km away) town of Camborne and stayed in the old fishing village Portreath back then. Ah you brought memories of me arriving in Camborne by intercity train from London. I still haven't revisited Cornwall since then. I should do it before I retire in a few years.

Sabre23t | Homepage | 21.03.18 - 8:01 a.m. | #

The number 6 bus to Mousehole is a good ride and an easy coastal walk back to PZ.

Petras409 | 21.03.18 - 8:12 a.m. | #

A pair of tickets?

dg writes: A pair of tickets.

Fred Barker | 21.03.18 - 8:55 a.m. | #

A long-time follower of your blog, I am moved by the excellence of this post to comment for the first time (I usually just share my fave ones on Facebook). I lived for twelve happy years between Pz and Land’s End, and imo you have captured the town to a T. If you had also visited the Morrab Library (in the Gardens) your account would have been perfect. I will now stop gushing (and share the post on FB).

Lilyami | 21.03.18 - 10:37 a.m. | #

Oh, I was right, it was Cornwall! So pleased, as I have that train trip to Penzance on my bucket list, so your reccommendations will prove valuable DG. Thank you. But also sorry I didn't know in advance as I could have waved as you went past us in Devon! :)

Pamela | Homepage | 21.03.18 - 11:14 a.m. | #

I like the opening sentence. And the description of Penzance is vivid, and matches my (long-distant) memories of that place.

Yes, the trains are a bit dawdly. But if you want a fast train service from London, it helps to have about a million people in a single conurbation (like the one centred on Newcastle), rather than half a million scattered over three-and-a-half thousand square Km (as does Cornwall). The trains do travel quite fast until they get to Exeter.

Malcolm | 21.03.18 - 12:44 p.m. | #

Stayed in Marazion last year (the week of the massive storm) but still had a few decent days. Penzance didn't keep us very long but had a few good days in Mousehole, St Ives & a train journey to Truro. Land's End was a real eye-opener and not in a good way. Looking forward to seeing where you went DG.

Don Logan | 21.03.18 - 4:03 p.m. | #

Ah yes, my home county. The train journey getting there is part of the joy, as familiar landmarks are passed. I wonder if you visited my home town ( inland)?

Cornish Monkey | 21.03.18 - 5:43 p.m. | #

The Cornish Man Engine is on tour this spring. An amazing thing to behold.

https://www.themanengine.co.uk/

MrMoanalot | 21.03.18 - 6:01 p.m. | #

My heart is filled with longing! Can't wait until I'm back there in the summer!
I'm hoping Porthcurno, St Michael's Mount and Land's End are still to come!

Cornish Cockney | 21.03.18 - 8:09 p.m. | #

I love the idea of a Rickmansworth being a unit of population.

I thought at first your mention of not taking the ferry to the Isles of Scilly was a red herring and you'd flown. That photo from Newlyn looks like it was taken from mid-air, but presumably you just used a good lens from a hill (ironic given Newlyn's claim to fame as the measuring point for sea level).

Andrew S | 21.03.18 - 9:34 p.m. | #

On the rare occasions you visit somewhere I know I am always impressed by how you well you are able to sum up a place. Yes, Penzance is a pleasant enough place in its own right but it is definitely over-shadowed by some of the surrounding scenery and attractions.

whiff | 22.03.18 - 12:25 a.m. | #

I'm in penzance for a mini break at the moment, it's lovely

Rachel | 10.09.18 - 9:27 a.m. | #











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