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We drove to
Penzance to get my iPhone set up correctly. Sadly the town has suffered badly
with the recession and looks run-down. When living in Mousehole I took the bus
to St. Clare's school in Penzance - lovely views of the coastline and Penzance's
palm-lined sea-side Promenade. The tourist towns and villages are doing well,
most with very upmarket boutiques and restaurants, but Penzance is not so
touristy. We went to visit Daphne's older sister in Ludvgar, a small town close
to Penzance. Her very old cottage has been beautifully renovated - small and
cosy. It was a blustery and rainy day, but we went out for lunch to
Tremenheer, a place with lovely gardens, including a sculpture garden and a very
upmarket cafe. I had tomato and lentil soup with chillies, and with fresh
artisan bread, a delicious lunch. As it was so cold and windy, we couldn't
look at the gardens, so decided to take some slices of home-made cakes and have
them with hot tea at Sue's house. Definitely the right idea. After arriving back
in St Ives and getting totally soaked by the driving rain, we changed and bared
the rain again to see the movie "Summer in February". This was so appropriate
for us, as it was filmed in Cornwall at many of the places we were seeing. It is
based on a true story about the artist colony of Lamorna Cove and we thoroughly
enjoyed it. Dan Stevens was still Matthew Crawley from "Downton Abbey", he will
always be typecast as that unless he takes totally different roles.
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