Fisherman’s Bay

Fisherman’s Bay

Visiting Fisherman’s Bay on The Lizard at Gunwalloe to let my dog run on the wide sweep of sand, stretching all the way to Porthleven, I saw just in time hundreds of Man o’ War jellyfish washed up by the last high tide.

A Lizard Cove

A Lizard Cove

Many of the coves in the Far West of Cornwall were used for smuggling, and today on a moonlit night when the sea is well into the rocky inlets it is easy to imagine the small boats putting into there laden with contraband. This secluded place would give good cover from the excise men.