365/284-9 Barren-distance

(Weds) Well the office has been busy and the day long mist made the atmosphere quite wearying, so Col and I set out for Penzance after work. We were about an hour behind the game, the grey foggy stuff was almost rain by the time we parked on the promenade.  There is nothing quite like a seaside promenade in the offseason, grey-brown sea, a cloud settled over half the village ahead and in the distance the Mount nowhere to be seen, quite eerie!

We walked for a bit and I took these pictures, we laughed in a sad way, imagining if people thought we were tourists taking bad pictures of the town...

(on reflection the flash has made it look much bruighter than it was!)

 Barren, unfruitful, unprofitable, desolate, arid buildings on the seafront where they have built Lidls and Co-ops facing 70s concrete bus parks full of recycling banks.  We walked a bit more, I suggested people might think we were a couple having an affair, as why else would a couple our age be out walking in the twilight area of a declining town one October evening..surely we had a home to go to.. ;-)

You know writing this blog the past week or so has made me realise just how sad our town has become, the beaches strewn with sea weed, hotels and restaurants boarded up and those that remain sporting tacky signs to entice the recession driven bargain hunters..

(Thurs) .. we spoke about the town this morning at work, a couple of us regard the town as 'home' and are saddened by the misery which exudes from the dirty pavements, the ubiquitous poundshops and charity shops which abound when all the tatseful boutiques and chain stores have gone.. perhaps it's the time of year when the hanging baskets and festival flags are tattered or gone, perhaps it in the 'end-of-the-line' mentality which seems to bring the sad and bad to our locality..and how can the local council be so short sited to discourage change and development which is not of a concrete nature?

It's such a shame as our weekly paper, the Cornishman is asking who we would vote for to have the Freedom of our Town and lists a number of famous offspring : Tandi Newton (yes, and I babysat her one afternoon, my top tenuous link and five minutes of fame!) and Helen Glover (who incidentally is working tirelessly to promote the town and all things good, she went to the Cheshire Home last week to thank residents for their support) amongst others.

If only the look of the place could match the enthusiasm some people put into the place.. it needs MONEY!!

Sorry.. shuting up now.. here's my offering for today.. the cloud obliterated so much of the skyline, quite odd.



Newlyn.. are you there.. somewhere..in the distance?



I am hoping Suzie will give us a more uplifing prompt at the weekend! 

Ahh and Thursday is the new Friday in our house I hope.. open the Gallo someone!