Guano & Associates

This is a view of the castle from the street in front of my hotel (not from my room though)

This is the hotel up the street from mine (I'm at the Royal Duchy, but this one looked good from the street, I thought!) Again, more interesting chimneys.

Here's the enterance to the castle from the street....everything in the UK seems to have a "Harry Potter" feel to it.

Apparently the castle has been used for defenses of the Cornish coast for centuries, including emplacements from World War II. I found this to be an odd juxtaposition.

Here's the map and description of the whole area. Better than anything I can describe.

This appears to be a fairly recently constructed building, I think the sign above the door says 1901...compared to the rest of the region, that's recent.

Here's the front of the castle, there was a wedding going on today. Inside, there was a chapel area with benches, etc, not so different from the ice hotel. Outside, there's the flowers over the entrance and people in tuxes and gowns.

Here's a view from the tower of the castle looking back at the gate and entrance. Notice the gun positions.
Here's a view on the other side of the castle, looking out over the estuary instead of the harbor. It was a sunny day and the breeze was blowing, notice all the sail boats?

Here's a view of the castle from the gun emplacements...I just like the stone work.
Here's a similar view to the last, but this one shows the gate to the castle and it's not a mote, but where a mote would be!

And these next two are just for Kathy. This guy, I can only assume, was playing for the wedding. Obviously, the Cornish are not Scottish, ... he was there. Just standing there in the grass playing. I made me laugh when one of the ladies from the gift shop came out and was telling him that something didn't sound right with the pipes. She kept telling him to change this and modify that. As far as I'm concerned, how do you tell when the pipes are out of tune?
Again, another photo of the pipes player, it just seemed so....windswept is the word I kept thinking of!