Monday (June 22) was an urban day. After breakfast we took the bus from Mousehole to Penzance (a stretch that we'll walk tomorrow) and spent until mid-afternoon sampling civilization in Cornwall's biggest town.
Penzance was the birthplace of Humphry Davy, known to all students of chemistry "for his discoveries of several alkali and alkaline earth metals, as well as contributions to the discoveries of the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine" (Wikipedia). As these photos show, he is memorialized in a number of ways in his hometown.
In an attractively modern restaurant we enjoyed a lunch of smoked salmon and mackerel. I snapped a picture of the two waitresses behind the bar.
Penzance was the birthplace of Humphry Davy, known to all students of chemistry "for his discoveries of several alkali and alkaline earth metals, as well as contributions to the discoveries of the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine" (Wikipedia). As these photos show, he is memorialized in a number of ways in his hometown.
We went to a very nice exhibit of late 19th C painting at Penlee House Gallery and Museum. "Cornish Light: Nottingham 1894 Revisited" is a reassembly (to the extent possible) of the paintings shown in 1894. The particularly attractive feature of the exhibit, to us, was the focus on the Cornish locale and way of life by some very skilled painters. Unfortunately, photos were not allowed, but the entrance to the museum was guarded by this impressive primitive cross.
After lunch we went to another museum, the Exchange Gallery, where they showed banners, videos, and photos of the reenactment of the ancient Cornish celebration of Golowan and Mazey Days.
Waiting for our bus back to Mousehole, at the station near the harbor, I was struck by the boats listing to their sides in the low tide.
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