To the Lighthouse(s)

For the great plateful of blue water was before her; the hoary Lighthouse, distant, austere, in the midst; and on the right, as far as the eye could see, fading and falling, in soft low pleats, the green sand dunes with the wild flowing grasses on them, which always seemed to be running away into some moon country, uninhabited of men.


 Godrevy Lighthouse, the inspiration for Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, although her fictional equivalent was set in the Hebrides.This photo taken from St Ives where the family were lucky to have a holiday home, Talland House, although second homes are now the curse of Cornwall.