11 December 2011 MOUSEHOLE Sunday

We've heard about a teeny tiny hamlet called Mousehole - pronounced Mowzil.  It's only 2.5 miles from Penzance, but as it was raining, we caught the bus instead of walked.
We found out that it is called Mousehole because it's harbour entrance is so narrow that a fisherman once referred to it as a mousehole.

 This is a photo of the entrance with a gate across it that I took today.

This postcard shows the entrance from above more clearly.

This last photo is a house that belonged to a man by the name of Keigwin who fought the Spaniards in 1595 when they burnt Penzance and Mousehoule, it is the only house that remained standing.