Mines and theatres

Date: 08 April 2010 18:53:48

Today the gorgeous weather has continued and we decided to take a drive all the way around the south-west coast from St Ives to Penzance, stopping off to visit anything that takes our fancy. So, we happened to go to the Geevor Tin Mine. This tin mine was worked from the late 1700's through to 1991 when it was shut due to being unprofitable. Now it is a visitor centre and tourist attraction and they have tried to preserve as much of the original workings as possible on the site. You can go into the mine and see what mining would have been like. The Mister is rather too tall at 6'3", the miners were generally just over 5 foot! One of the nice things about this mine is several of the tour guides used to be miners there so they were literally a mine (hahaha) of information! The Mister commented that he learns a lot more when he is with me because I always ask questions! It was a really interesting visit, and it was especially good as it was so quiet. I can imagine it would feel even more claustrophobic in those tunnels if there were loads of visitors in there at once!

We then continued our journey. We drove to Lands End, but I refused to pay £3 to park so we carried on our journey! Next stop was the Minack Theatre. This is another completely insane attraction. Built by Rowena Cade from 1930 onwards this is a truly impressive and beautiful outdoor theatre. I still wonder as to whether the people who come up with projects like this are mentally stable. I felt the same as I did when I went into the Eden Project. I want to ask the creators what possessed them to dream such big dreams, and yet we have to always be grateful that there are people who have such creative spirits. I am desperate to go and see a play at The Minack and The Mister has promised me that if there is something we really want to see then we will fly down for a weekend!

A little trip to Mousehole for a cream tea completed another lovely day.