While travelling through Cornwall we would often could see The Lizard peninsula so we decided some time at Lizard Point was necessary especially as it is very close to the most southern point in the UK. We made some other stops on the way however.

First stop was the village of St. Keverne known for the starting point of the Cornish rebellion of 1497. We stopped off at the parish church but unfortunately it was not open. It is an unusual church in Cornwall as it has a spire on the tower. Would have been nice to see if there were any other unique features on the inside but decided to wander around the graveyard around the church instead. There were numerous headstones recording the deaths of people resulting from ship wrecks and other maritime events and also one of the guys who were responsible for organising the rebellion - Michael Joseph and Thomas Flamank.

From there we headed for the village of Coverack or Porthkovrek in Cornish. (Had to look that one up as we are not that proficient in the Cornish language yet - like most of the people living in Cornwall we think!). This is a small fishing village which is also a popular diving destination due to the large number of shipwrecks off The Manacles, a rock formation nearby. The lifeboat house, which has not had a working lifeboat since 1978, has documentation of the many rescues they were involved in since 1902. These range from someone floating away in an airbed to sinking vessels. Had a nice little beach and boat harbour behind a breakwater - as usual the tide was out.

From here we set off for Lizard Point where we parked our car at The Lizard and walked into the Lizard Lighthouse and Heritage Centre for a visit. This was really good and informative. We went on a tour and were told about the changes in lighting methods, mirrors, how ships could distinguish between lighthouses, evolution of fog horns, evolution of unmanned lighthouses etc etc. The lighthouse is apparently the largest one in the world, was built by a pirate, has links with JRR Tolkien and was camouflaged during WWII. We have not validated any of these claims.

While we did not go over to it we could see the old LLoyds Signal Station off in the distance. These were used before radio communications were available and used morse code and semaphore.

We did however walk down to the most southerly point of the UK for a photo opportunity and short walk along the SW Coast Path before heading back to the most southerly pub in the UK - the Witchball. Now a pub this property used to be a restaurant and tea rooms with parts of the building dating back to the 15th century. Anyway, it served good beer although the girls preferred and enjoyed the Moomaid ice cream from the dairy next door.