Come Take a Walk up St Michaels Mount..Part One.....

I love your blogs Lincs, and this is no exception, I really feel beside you.......

fascinating and beautiful place, do many people live permanently there do you think?

Many thanks for a fabulous blog, Lincslass, and what a glorious day you had for exploring the Mount! (had to smile at the beginning as I have the exact flip-flop pattern on my feet :))

Yes Pam besides the people at the castle there are families living in the village, I s'pose they are all employed by the St Aubyns, some folk living on the mainland swim to and from work, we saw three go home that way ...

Brave souls . . .!

I took the girls down there one year, we camped on the moors somewhere and drove around visiting a different spot every day. On the day we reached here the tide was in and we could not go across but it is something very special that island. Lovely views, lovely blog and very well told, thanks for the visit, brought back memories for me. :O)

What a fascinating blog, Lincslass. I'v only ever seen St Michaels Mount from the mainland I had no idea it was so interesting. I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog and looking at the pictures. I doubt if we could manage the climb up that hill nowadays, even if we managed to get to the island. Thank you so much for putting this blog together, I'm really looking forward to part 2 :)

Thanks all, it was the first visit for me, I'd seen it before but hubby cannot do the climbing either so its been a nogo area until this year as I didn't want to go on my own...

I would love to go there....I remember seeing it as a child, but I don't think we went across (Mum?). I've been to the French one, which is also amazing and a hard climb...Mont St. Michel in Normandy, but I would love to visit the Cornish one...especially if I got a paddle on the way over! :)) Cracking blog, loved it! :)

Haven't been here since, I was a child, have no memories of the areas in your photos, only the French one. Lovely to read your blog.

Cannot remember going across Karen, you would only be about 6 years old when we went down to Cornwall, remembered mainly for the sloping campsite and Markie having an infected eardrum, poor boy he was so poorly.

I'd no idea St Michael's Mount was such a great place to visit . . . I've had a picnic on the 'mainland' gazing across at it (from Mousehole or was it Marazion?), but now I want to walk that causeway: it's on The List! Luckily we have a Cornish son, so we can suss it out one day soon . . .

Thank you for sharing your lovely day Linclass. I have never visited that part of the UK. I feel like I have now. I too am looking forward to the next blog.

This was fascinating - there is a lot more to see than I'd imagined. Imagine swimming to work there every day! Wonder if they still do it in the winter? Did you find out how they manage to care for those very steep gardens with what look like well cared for lawns? Hard to imagine how they do it.How many hours is the causeway paddleable?

Marazion Sheila, I think it was my favourite day of our holiday and I hope to revisit whilst I can still get up those rocks, lol..
You can cross the causeway twice a day at low tide, not sure how many hours its actually clear though as I cannot remember the times of the tides, (duh!! can't you tell I don't live near the sea ) there was a lady who swam across at teatime and apparently she does it summer and winter, mind you she told another lady that she swims in competitions and marathons so its good training for her..

what a wonderful VIEW, Wow!

Brilliant blog and Photo's .Sue..and thanks for the tour..We have only seen it from Marazion too,years ago,when our daughter was young,but I've always wanted to visit..and now I have! It's much better than I ever imagined,and like you,I love reading the history of it..I need to go in person now!:o) I think anywhere on that coast is wonderful...We loved Mousehole too..strange how they pronounce it" Mouzel "! :o)

Well Sue...I'm exhausted after that climb, so better have a cuppa ! lol
Really enjoyed the blog and the story of the giant. I don't think my hubby would have managed any of that walk !
Thanks for sharing all of this.

I really want to go there now after reading your blog :o)

Sue, what an absolutely fabulous blog. Thanks for sharing this with us. I do like the idea of starting off with a paddle. It looked a lovely day, but quite exhausting. Is there any 'Taverns' on St Michaels Mount .... I did notice a cafe (serving tea and cake, no doubt) ....lol <]:~))

Very interesting Sue :) I don't know how I missed this. I hope you had a nice holiday. Cornwall is so beautiful.
When we went there, we didn't go to St Michael's Mount ... because Beryl was afraid of the sea coming in and cutting us off lol. I suppose I could have gone on my own, but I didn't.

This has brought back memories for me Sue ... we went there about seven years ago and the view from the top was fabulous. Thanks for sharing your day out. :o)

It was a first visit for me Hywel, I'd seen it before but Derek cannot climb, he's scared of heights and although I did Tintagel on my own last year I didn't make it to the Mount, Sherryl is like me and will tackle any of them, we had a grand time and didn't want to come home.....

I`m exhausted and need a cuppa after being with you every step of the way. What a wonderful blog Lincs its a place I`ve never been but would love to go, not so sure about that climb tho but I know hubby wiuld love it.

Inspired by you Lincs, we went here yesterday! Lucky us, our younger son lives in Falmouth, and he said this is one of his favourite places. The causeway was a bit wobbly (or was that me?!) but so worth it. Saw Tall Ships Parade of Sail on Sunday - will try a blog when I get back home. Thanks again for this.

You are welcome Sheila, it really is worth both the paddle and the climb, pleased you enjoyed it, must be great to live near and visit through the seasons....

I've been to St Michael's Mount, but only to the cafe and the gift shopI - I took a couple of friends to Cornwall to celebrate my 50th birthday; one of them had a bad back (we knew, she told us every five minutes!) and she said she couldn't manage the steps.

This was on our second day in Cornwall - we soon learned to say "okay, we'll meet you back here" and go on ourselves. but I wish we'd thought of that when we were here.