While we were in Cornwall, we made a daytrip to St.Michael's Mount at the western end of England, and it was the most perfect, sunny, magical day. We arrived at a tiny coastal town and, as the tide was high, caught a tiny boat over to an island which contains a medieval castle, Victorian servants' quarters and wonderful sculpted gardens: the photo below that looks like people walking on the sea is in fact people making their way over to the Mount on foot once the tide had dropped enough for the causeway liking the Mount to the mainland to appear. It was a strange feeling looking back at England from a castle, and more than ever like being in a fairytale. As a student of medieval literature, it was of course perfect for me.
Even more wonderfully, there's a myth about the Mount that says a female giant is buried under the castle after she died when a giant on the mainland threw a hammer to her husband, which accidentally hit her. There is a well on the mount through which her eye is supposedly visible, and a heart shaped stone on a pathway up to the castle that is her heart that I snapped below.
As if all this wasn't enough, the walled landscaped gardens around the castle were also designed by four sisters - a real life Victorian children's storyline! The perfect place to wear my Victorian-style boater and vintage-style shoes :)
Shoes - New Look
Shirt and shorts - Ebay
Hat - Primark
Definitely a day to treasure forever.
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