Monday 28 July 2014

Racing the Tide



The OH took another day off today, that's Friday AND Monday, I guess this is our summer holiday then.  People think when you are self employed you can take as much time off as you want.  The reality is very different.  For many years we just didn't have holidays, but now he does take a day off here and there and every few years we have a proper holiday.

We decided that we would do the staycation thing and go on a trip.  It was so nice at Marazion yesterday and as OH hasn't been there for ages we headed that way.  I did suggest using the back roads, but.........    So after queuing on the bypass for ages, and finding somewhere to park we treated ourselves to lunch - well we are on holiday.

My parents used to bring me here when I was little.  The swimming for little ones is ideal, and then I would help my dad dig for worms to take fishing. He was a sea angler which involved climbing down the cliffs and standing on a rock for hours.  As you can imagine, when he took me with him as a child I would get bored very quickly and with in half an hour would be tucking into the sandwiches and asking if it was time to go home yet.  I also hated seeing him hitting the fish on the head to kill them, and as for the gutting when we got home!  No wonder I'm now a vegetarian.

After lunch we decided to walk across the causeway towards the mount.  It is a lovely walk but you do have to time it right for the tides.  The tide was coming in as we set off, we were not actually going all the way as we have been across before and didn't want to catch the boat back.  We had one memorable trip back on the boat when our youngest was a toddler.  He screamed all the way.








As you can see I didn't have the most appropriate shoes for paddling.  Well it was raining when we left home so we didn't think we would be walking on the beach.






At this stage we decided to turn back





The tide comes in very quickly and often catches people unaware







We were back on the beach but there were still people attempting to get across including someone with a buggy!








The causeway is rapidly disappearing







I hope that dog can swim




The easier option when the tide is coming in.



I hope you enjoyed the walk across the causeway,

Chickpea xx


17 comments:

  1. We love sitting outside the Goldophin Arms with a pint (or2!) watching people make a run for it.........mind - we just love sitting there looking out over yhe Mount whether the tides in or out - its one of those special places - we'll be back there in September - cant wait - enjoy your short break together xx

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  2. I do really want to go to St Michaels Mount! Unfortunately we never seem to have enough energy when we are anywhere near... or spend all the time dipping our toes in the water, watching the kids. Thanks for a lovely walk. x

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  3. I hope you won't think I'm heartless, but those poor folks with the buggy made me laugh :-0

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  4. That's where we had lunch Trudie, it is such a special view, magical :)

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  5. You are not heartless Isabelle, I wonder how far they got before they realised they would have to carry baby and buggy to get across!

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  6. If anything bad had happened I wonder who the people with the buggy would blame.

    Lovely walk thank you, I hope you have both really enjoyed your stacation :-)

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  7. It was a lovely day thank you Dawn, back to work tomorrow sadly

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  8. St Michaels Mount is somewhere that I would like to visit one day, but I will wait for the boat if the tide is coming in as I don't fancy being one of those people walking ankle deep in water! Glad that you had a nice mini break with your OH. xx

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  9. Hello, I love your pictures, how deep does it get when the tide is in? Pam in Norway

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  10. Thank you for a delightful morning pre-amble. I wonder does it qualify as a home-cation?

    Jean x

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  11. I used to go to St Micaels Mount with my parents when I was a child! Thank you for popping over to my blog, looking forward to getting to know you xxx

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  12. We had a lovely time thanks Amy, it is certainly worth a visit the view from the castle is amazing :)

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  13. Hi Pam, I don't know how deep it gets, I imagine it would depend on time of year, spring tides etc. but the people on the island have been cut off when the sea is too rough to cross by boat. x

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  14. Yes I think it does qualify as a home-cation Jean x

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  15. Hi Fran, I'm looking forward to reading about your boat and checking out your veggie and vegan recipes xx

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  16. I have been there and found it stunning. I'm with Isabelle and had a giggle at the people with the buggy x

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