Exploring... Penrose

After a terrific storm on Tuesday night, Wednesday dawned clean and fresh with a decent forecast for the next few days. I decided to make the most of it by ticking off some of the places on my To Explore list.

On Wednesday I headed for Penrose. This is a National Trust area incorporating Loe Pool and Loe Bar. I explored the opposite side of Loe Pool months earlier on an unseasonally warm March day.

Walking down from the car-park towards the stable block where there's National Trust info and a cafe run by the same people who run Nauti But Nice in Porthleven.

The lovely walk along Loe Pool

To the sandbar where tranquil Loe Pool is permanently separated from treacherous Loe Bar.

 As it was the day after the storm the waves were seriously big. I checked online - about nine feet high at their peak but difficult to get a sense of perspective from these pictures. This is a set of four capturing the wave building and then crashing. It was mesmerising.

This is an amazing National Trust holiday let overlooking Loe Bar with views up to Gunwalloe and down to Porthleven. I thought it might be nice to rent it for a week next year. Unfortunately the weekly rental is over £2,000 in high season so I shall think again!

And then back up to the cafe for a pot of tea before having a look at the work-in-progress restoration of the walled garden.

 My favourite shot of the day - the creamy froth puts me in mind of raw meringue mix.

Love from The Lizard Girl.