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Memories of Sennen

January 25, 2017

Nostalgic cornish harbour

As the winter days stretch out before us I’ve found myself looking fondly back to the memories of our autumn beach adventures. Sennen was one of the last beaches that we visited before settling down to working life and routines of a winter farm.

The storm crested waves tore across the cove at Sennen that day, trailing plumes of spray that day and yet when we walked up towards the sheltered honeyed granite harbour with sea worn walls the sea lay surprisingly tranquil. What a timeless memory of a visit to Sennen Cove.


Sennen Cove and Village

flotsam on the sands

The soft white sands of Sennen beach is only a stones throw from dramatic granite cliffs of  Land’s End, with a huddle of old cottages set around harbour sheltered from the worst o the Atlantic storms. The village gives way to thirties villas and even a pavement that could double for a narrow promenade, following the seas westwards towards the slipway, before the sands of the beach backed by the increasing wild Cornish heathland which stretch away towards Gurnards head.

approaching storm at sennen beach


A Picnic on the beach

We parked at the bottom of the hill struggling around the sharp corner with Lucy-Land Rover-of-no-lock into the car park. Thanfully we found a parking slot amongst the mix of battered professional surfers vans and gleaming holidaymakers cars, before setting off across the soft yielding sands to walk away from the busy village and find a spot to call our own far along the beach under the dunes
Picnic on the sands

Charles setting the picnic blanket on the beach
waves trailing vapour rolled towards the beach
picnic view across the sands
distant figures at low tide on Sennen beach
The distant light house at Land's End from Sennen

Hope springs eternal when it comes to a picnic and Charles held our blanket up to spread like a sail in the gathering breeze before spreading it on the pale sands and after all it may be that the weather report was wrong…..after all!

It was a good spot though to watch the  the world go by at a gentle pace along the empty sands and see the distant frenzy of the sea trailing plumes of vapour across the bay.

  • Gurnard's Head beyond Sennen
  • Surfer at Sennen
  • Stormy seas breaking on the beach


Watching the winter storms approaching Sennen Beach

The first of the big rolling waves of the winter storms were starting to breeze across the bay, trailing plumes of vapour and defying the summer soft surfers to conquer their heights. Such a contrast to our last visit when we had enjoyed and Indian Summer at Sennen Cove and the night of Charles birthday when we enjoyed Lobster and a Sunset at Ben’s at Sennen but such is the stuff of memories!

I’m always drawn down  to the shore line at some point on a visit to a beach but Charles is always content to snooze and read in his sandy picnic cocoon. So I  was alone as I crouched amongst the beguiling sea scented vapour to try for a few snaps.


Exploring Sennen Village

fishing boats on the harbour sands

We wandered up into the village again and spent a few minutes exploring the half moon of the harbour, neatly stacked with fishing pots with a few small fishing boats pulled up on the slipway and steep lifeboat slipway, where work was going on to preserve the lifeboat slip ready for the serious business of winter when the lifeboat may have to be launched into treacherous storm.


Memories of our visit to Sennen

Nostalgic cornish harbour
work on a lifebaot slipway ahead of winter storms
Memories of Sennen fishing boat on a slipway
The worn harbour arm stretching into the sea
lifeboat station and boat house
lobster pots with the cornish cliffs across the aby
traditional fishing harbour sennen
Old stone cottage
fishing boats on a slipway
nostalgic scene of a fishing boat

More places in West Cornwall to explore?

The west Penwith Tour Lands End to St ives picture of St Michael's Mount

Sennen is one of the destination to explore in part four of my Penwith Tour. For more information about West Crownall, do visit my page Exploring West Penwith

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About Christine Taylor

Christine has written a weekly blog about life at Ednovean Farm and interesting places to visit in West Cornwall for over ten years now, concentrating on those off the beaten track places that only the locals find.

Charles and Christine Taylor have hosted Luxury Bed and Breakfast at Ednovean Farm Nr Penzance in West Cornwall since 1991 and live there with three cats and five horses, including a Spanish Stallion called Danni.

Ednovean Farm has been awarded AA five star gold for Bed and breakfast and is included in The Michelin Guide and The Alastair Sawday Guide .

The Farmhouse and gardens has been featured in BBC Homes and Antiques, Homes and Gardens. Period Living and 25 Beautiful Homes as well as being used as a film and photo shoot location.

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