Cornwall Archives • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

in the southwestern end of Cornwall you will find this little port and fishing village which is Quaint little Porthleven, a very nice place to spend the day, walk around, get some food, enjoy the seagulls flying overhead and slowing down. Spent some time to go out to the very point where the old church is which is now a memorial building. I went there when the tide was not high but by the time I left the tide was so low that all the boats in the port we’re just stranded.

Main road view Quaint little Porthleven — This is the view from the main road

PORTHLEVEN HISTORY

The word porth in the Cornish language means port and elvan is the Celtic Saint who came to these shores in the 5th century along with many others to preach the Christian faith.

Fishing boats Quaint little Porthleven — They are quite a few fishing boats in the harbor

Main road Quaint little Porthleven — Looking back towards the main part of town

Harbour swimmers Bill Smale — These guys were not the only ones who decided to take a dip in the very rough and cold waters in the harbor

Old Cannon Bill Smale — An old Cannon pointed towards the other side of the port

Rough sea Bill Smale — The sea was pretty rough that day

The ship inN — the ship inn Click on that pub name on the left here and you will get their website. It’s a pretty interesting place.

Harper view Café Bill Smale — This was the Café restaurant I decided to have something to eat and I settled for what you will see below

Seafood chowder — This was the seafood chowder which was very nice but needed some salt at minimum. It was £9.

Cornwall butter — Even the butter is from Cornwall

Pastries — Pasties has a little different meaning in US English. Here in England it means pastries but in Cornwall they have this pie type pastry with something in it, closed up on one side. The flavors are very bland but it’s interesting food.

Old houses — These are some very old houses leading up to the church

Old school — As you could see in the photo below, this is the old school

A good place to sit and below you will see why

Ice cream in the wind — The ice cream parlor was packed with customers so I had no choice but to sit outside. Quite a few people watched me as I ate my ice cream in the cold and windy salt sea air. Actually it was kind of fun and the ice cream was very delicious.

Old town houses — A very old row of townhouses

Bayview — These townhouses are on a street or walkway with the same name as the street I used to live on as a kid

Townhouses — Here’s a view of the townhouses and looking back from the harbor opening to the town

Old guys chatting — These old guys have been sitting here and chatting for many years

Fishing — I wonder if it’s good weather to go fishing

A place to stay — I did not rent this place but I saw this badge for one of these townhouses. It might be an interesting place to stay but it seems they rent out only by the week. Right now it’s not that expensive but the price of course increases as it gets close to tourist season

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