Lands End and Lizzard Point

A look back at some pictures I took while down in Cornwall a few months ago.
Jump to Looking out to Longships Lighthouse Jump to The Wakelins at Lands End Jump to The RSPB hut Jump to The rough seas Jump to Longships Lighthouse Jump to St Micaels Mount Jump to Sammy the Seagull Jump to Lizard Point life boat stations Jump to Looking out to sea Jump to Looking towards Lizards Point Lighthouse Jump to Looking back along the coast line
Looking out to Longships Lighthouse

Looking out to Longships Lighthouse

Here we are looking out from Lands End to the Longships Light house and rocks. The original light house was built in 1795 but this is so what more modern and has been unmaned since 1988. The range of the flash is 11 nautical miles and flashes every 10 seconds and last for 5 seconds. Ship wrecks around this lighthouse include in 1898 S.S. Blue Jacket and in 1901 "Mary James"

The Wakelins at Lands End

The Wakelins at Lands End

The RSPB hut

The RSPB hut

We spent a wonderful hour or so in this hut looking out to sea watching birds etc, the lady who was in duty in there was great with the children Harry our youngest really enjoyed it and is now a RSPB member.
The rough seas

The rough seas

Looking around the edge of the rocks and the sea crashing against them makes for a great picture.
Longships Lighthouse

Longships Lighthouse

The light house sits one and a quarter mile of the shore line.
St Micaels Mount

St Micaels Mount

On a very cloundy over cast day St Micaels Mount sitting in the sea. This tidel island sits just off the coast of Cornwall and at low tide can be walked to on the causeway that strectes out to it. As the weather wasn't great we decided not to bother.
Sammy the Seagull

Sammy the Seagull

Lizard Point life boat stations

Lizard Point life boat stations

This was once the life boat station for Lizard point. Here you can see 2 buildings, the one to the left of the picture was built in 1885 and used for many years as the station but in 1914  the lower building was built and was now home for the life boat.
Looking out to sea

Looking out to sea

Looking towards Lizards Point Lighthouse

Looking towards Lizards Point Lighthouse

The original lighthouse was built in 1620 but the one that stands there now was built in 1752. It gives a white flash of light every 3 seconds and the fog horn sounds twice every 60 seconds. The walk from the life boat station to the Lighthouse is right along the cliff top and is wonderful but be very careful with small children and dogs..

Looking back along the coast line

Looking back along the coast line