The Lizard

We had omitted The Lizard on Sunday in favor of more time in Penzance. Lizard Point is the northeast rim of Mounts Bay. Like Sennen, it still has a slipway lifeboat. Unlike Sennen, it has a lifeboat house set in the side of a cliff, like the old Penlee house.

The Lizard lifeboat was out in the ferocious storm in December 1981, looking for survivors. There were eight men aboard the Solomon Browne and a similar number of souls on the Union Star. All died; half the victims on each vessel were never found.

You can't see the slipway because no way was I climbing down those stairs. The lifeboat house here recently underwent a £7.5 million renovation.


Lizard point has a tourist-focused, dual lighthouse. The lifeboat station is in a more residential area.











It's a bit more isolated, too, with hoof grates on the walkway and farmland all around.


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