INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the latest post in my series about my stay in Cornwall. This post takes us up St Michael’s Mount and covers some of the stuff at the top. There will be at least two and possibly three more posts about the day.

BASE CAMP (!)

Among the places at ground level, before the ascent begins are the restaurant where we would be having lunch and a visitor’s centre which provides a comprehensive introduction. After these one passes through a field that contains a dairy cottage before the ascent begins.

TL2 — No sops for creationists here! The straight truth about the formation of the granite of which the mount consists – it was formed longer before the dinosaurs roamed the earth than we are after the last dinosaurs disappeared.

THE ASCENT BEGINS

The climb up to the buildings on top of the mount begins by way of The Pilgrims Steps, continues past the Giant’s Well and the Giant’s Heart and a cannon emplacement. Then comes the first indoor section and a roof terrace where we pause until the next post in this series…

The vicinity of the Giants Heart — And about 50 yards further along The Giant’s Heart.

Wall mounted militaria I — The first weapons display – in the next post you will see another one.

Garden from above I — Us hoi polloi can only view these gardens from above – we never actually get into them.

Roof terrace — This where our next post will start from.

Author: Thomas

I am a founder member and currently secretary of the West Norfolk Autism Group and am autistic myself. I am a very keen photographer and almost every blog post I produce will feature some of my own photographs. I am an avidly keen cricket fan and often post about that sport. View all posts by Thomas

5 thoughts on “A Grockle’s Eye View of Cornwall 8: Ascending St Michael’s Mount”

Beautiful! I wish I’ve taken more time to explore the country when I was there. Thanks for these lovely series 🙂

Thomas says:

August 12, 2018 at 6:57 am

Thank you for your kind comment. There at least two more events in the near future that will generate series of blog posts – Heritage Open Day in mid-September and one of my cousins’ weddings on September 29th.

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Google’s dictionary describes a Grockle as “a holidaymaker, especially one visiting Devon or Cornwall” (however, the Cornish tend to use their own term “Emmet” to describe the same people).

Thomas says:

August 13, 2018 at 4:51 pm

Accepted – but I think that “A Grockle’s Eye View of Cornwall” has a better ring than “An Emmet’s Eye View of Cornwall”, and in any case this is the 8th post in this series, so it is a bit late to change tack.

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