dia 26

Day 26
Sunday. The first good news is that i can stay in the B&B for one more night, and the first bad news is that is raining. It’s not the kind of brazilian rain, but a thin and cold rain that never seems to end. I just ignore it and go after the st. michael’s mount.

arriving at rainy St. Michael

The mount stand in an island at the Marazion bay, very close to the land. When the tide is low is possible to get there by a stone pathway. When I get there, the tide was high, and it was only possible to reach the island in a boat. The island was once a pre historical pilgrimage site, and later a medieval monastery took place, for lately an actual residence before it turned into a touristic spot. The mount been visited by the Queen Victoria but the family unfortunately wasn't there. There is a tradiction for the maidens and servants in the castle, and even the sailors have its own feature.
Its position makes it very strategic for the defence of the whole penzance bay, and the holder of the castle must have been very influent in the whole area.

the view from the top of the castle

Actually there’s no much to remember the ancient place I was interested but a few rocks and the feeling that maybe some secrets are about to keep hidden forever. For instance the connection with its french correlate, the alleged alignment, the ancient activities around. All of those, like the stone circles, or the megalithic sites keeps no easy answer to the eyes.

ancient stones?

After an hour or so, for my surprise the tide came down so people could come walking through the path, and to witness the process was really beautiful. I went back to the continent walking through the rocky steps until the beach, and the rest of the day was rainy and very difficult to be outside.

coming back from the mount, on the low tide
low tide at marazion's bay

I still want to visit some spots in Cornwall and as I could arrange a place in YMCA hostel, I can stay longer and in the next days I will to Bristol. It is quite difficult to move from town to town in England during the summer if you don’t have it all very planned, which evidently is not my case. But I guess I am on the right track.

and Mont Saint Michel in France:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Saint-Michel

The rain baptized the light and that’s rainbow.