Tintagel–the birthplace of King Arthur

 

I have to admit that Tintagel disappointed me a bit. I was hoping for a bit more but then I suppose the wonderful vista’s more than made up for the lack of walls and stuff. oh! and by the way, we had the most excellent Cornish pasties at Tintagel so that was good as well

We didn't go down to the castle proper as Ma’s knee was hurting badly so we just drove into this hotel and peered at the castle from a bit of distance. I took these photographs from the hotel car park so apologies if you were hoping to get some close up’s of Arthur’s crib or something.

Apparently Uther Pendragon, King Arthur’s daddy, got transformed into some other chap by Merlin and he sneaked into this castle and had his way with his mum who was married to this other chap. Hence Arthur was born here. Ha! likely story, Arthur’s mum tupping with the guest more like it. Here is the slideshow if you don't want to read the whole commentary stuff, with some more pics.

The headland on the left with what looks like a stone church.

Panning right, you start seeing the start of the entrance to the ruined castle, see the steps?

The path then move into the castle proper

then you have the main castle walls starting with the path inside. Can you imagine the views over the sea? brilliant.

And then the cliff drops off and then the next headland starts, with the stairs into the second headland. Good thing I didnt take Ma there, eh?

The second set of walls begin.

The end of the second headland with loads of tiny pathways and tiny clearnings.

The second headland in full in the setting sun.

The first headland

A closeup of the first set of walls and the upper stories.

The steps to the second headland. Craggy place! But must be a good place to defend

Panning right, the side of the Camelot Hotel.

The bay

Moving to the right of the hotel, here’s a view of the rolling meadows

Back inland.

An outcrop in the north side of the bay

The Camelot Hotel, very posh place..





Two rather dramatic views of the evening.

Photos of the Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle

Boscastle, this tiny picturesque village in Cornwall has a lovely little museum of witchcraft. The light was horrible and the spirit was weak, but still, here are the photographs, pretty much self explanatory, so no comments..oh! and here’s the slideshow if that is easier…and warning, circa 100 pics in here… The museum is on two floors, a tiny building actually. And it has an extraordinary collection of artefacts. No theme as such but they have arranged stuff in sort of topics, like palmistry, mandrake, witches who have been killed, herbs, oujha boards, etc. etc.Quite an interesting if ecelectic collection indeed. I would love to spend more time in there but then walked out thinking, what a crock.