When you live in Cornwall, it’s easy to get very fussy and spoiled about beaches. Why would you go to a sub-standard one when the Sennens, Pedn Vounders and Gwithians of this world are just a short drive away?
Penzance has a town beach – quite a big one. But no one really talks about it, people don’t tend to hang out on it much and I don’t even know if it has a name (anyone?). I suppose this is because the pebbles are ever so slightly uncomfortable under foot! (You see the snobbery that creeps in).
But I went there yesterday to eat lunch with my cousin visiting from America and she took this gorgeous shot – and it made me reassess. It’s really not a bad beach to have at the end of the road. As a backup, you understand.
ismay atkins
pasties & cream cornwall blog 
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February 4, 2012 at 1:28 pm
Kernow Lass
Me and my friends go to this beach almost every day during the summer for a swim to cool off and then to lie on the rocks and warm up again – couldn’t do that at Sennen!
We have always called it halfpipe beach because of the skatepark (called the halfpipe) that is next to it, which is where we hang out when we aren’t swimming.
August 30, 2010 at 7:31 pm
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August 22, 2010 at 5:06 pm
foreveryoung
I always thought it was Wherrytown Beach! Certainly it is a great shot and makes it very interesting. Sad not many folk go there now. It used to get quite busy during the 70s and 80s, but I think too many people took their dogs there for a long time until they (the dogs!) were banned and now it is not the place to go. Pity really, I have swum from there in the past, but I don’t think its got a Blue Flag at the moment!!
August 4, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Mark Jenkin
Best beach in the world…
August 4, 2010 at 11:31 am
Pensans
It is truly a lovely beach, but you have to overlook the dog poo and rubbish to see its beauty. The irony is that if the beach was cleaned up and gained a blue flag then it would become popular and your lovely vista of a picture above and its inherent peacefulness would be ruined by crowds and it would become another Gyllangvase.
August 4, 2010 at 11:33 am
ismay atkins
Great point – and one of the things I forgot to say in my blog post is that as long as people want to overlook it, fine by me as it was empty and peaceful. :-) -p&c