Arrrrr, me hearties, I agree!
I was near Poldhu during one of my trips to Cornwall in the past year or two, but didn't quite get there (and didn't find any doubloons, either). It's also famous as the spot where Marconi sent the first trans-Atlantic wireless signal, so it's pretty important in the history of communications technology.
Moonraker wrote:A beautiful cat, Courtenay.
Glad you think so, Nigel.
For those who may not know, that's Mowzer from
The Mousehole Cat, a lovely picture book (by Antonia Barber and Nicola Bayley) retelling the legend of an old fisherman from Mousehole, near Penzance, who braves a terrible storm in a bid to catch enough fish to save the starving villagers. I think Mowzer was the author's addition to the traditional tale, but it is all the more charming told from a cat's point of view!
Tonight (23 December) happens to be Tom Bawcock's Eve, the annual festival in Mousehole that celebrates the same story, so I've just been watching the cute little animated version of
The Mousehole Cat — probably others here will know it, as I'm sure it must have been shown on TV around this time in past years, but I only discovered it a year or two ago. A lovely Christmas tribute to one of my favourite villages in my favourite county in Britain.