PERRANUTHNOE is a small village on the South Coast of Cornwall, just East of Marazion, there is a Car Park and sloping access to a safe sandy beach and the beachside Cabin Cafe. It has The Victoria Inn a superb multi award winning pub, which serves super food both lunchtimes & evenings, - a Church dating back as far as 1160. The Lynfield Centre which houses The Cowhouse Gallery, The Peppercorn Cafe and a hairdressers.

Saturday, 22 September 2012

Saturday Morning

As I opened the curtains this morning, the sun was shining on the unmistakable shape of the Screw Schooner Amazon - (sorry she was a long way out)  Mike saw her from Mousehole earlier this year when she was heading for London - I gather that she was moored below Tower Bridge for the on The Jubilee  Pageant.
"The British screw schooner Amazon was built at Southampton in 1885 from designs by the renowned Dixon Kemp. Kemp intended her to be fast and a good sea boat.
Arthur Lowe (1915 — 1982) an English actor best known for playing Captain George Mainwaring in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army bought "Amazon" as a houseboat in 1968, but realised her potential and took her back to sea in 1971. He used Amazon as a floating base while touring coastal theatres, accompanied by his wife Joan. Amazon pursued a successful charter business in the 1980s, before migrating to the north of Scotland in 1990."
She is now registered in Guernsey  - wonder if she is now heading for warmer climes for the winter.
Posted by Perranlady at 20:32

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