We moved on again today. This time we headed for Penzance but before that we took a detour to Pendennis Castle in Falmouth.
The castle was built in 1540 by King Henry 8 to defend against a French or Spanish invasion. We got in for free with our English Heritage membership that ran out in March. Interesting place with guns & cannons but we thought that the smaller Mawes Castle (also by Henry 8) on the opposite side of the Falmouth estuary was better with more detail and an audio tour.
There was also a exhibition of cartoons drawn by George Butterworth who was on the Nazi hit list for taking the piss out of Hitler during World War 2.
The weather has been the worst so far. Windy, cold and heavy rain at times but that didn't put some guy off eating his Mr Whippy ice cream.
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