Cornwall: The Minack Theater and Porthcurno Beach

Note: This post is the fourth in a series about my travel to Cornwall.
The rest in the series are listed below
1. Cornwall: One more time
2. Cornwall: Boscastle
3. Cornwall: Cornwall: Padstow and Porthcothan Bay

The memories of Wayanad came into my mind when I was approaching Minack Theater. It is the narrow roads leading to this theater and not the landscapes that made compare these two places in two different parts of the world. As humans, we have to find a comparable experience. Be it a new acquaintance or a new location; we dip into our past to pick up a similar and familiar for comparison. The access road was not only narrow but crowded too. When we were around five miles away from the theater, there was a gridlock. Some sections were too tight for cars to pass through. There were buses on these roads on that weekend. But you could call traffic as self-regulating in a far-fetched manner. A few good samaritans regulated the traffic by opening up the gates to a farm. Some of the cars drove into the farm, and the traffic eased. As a result, we reached Minack theater after a delay. 

Parking was another pain. To access Minack theater, you have to climb a hill on foot or by car. You can park your car at the top. Then you descend into the theater. There is ample parking at the top of the hill. But the road to there is very narrow. There are two areas where traffic could get into a standstill - at the base of the hill and anywhere on the ascent or descent. I parked near the Porthcurno beach and walked up to the Minack Theater. The Minack theater is an open-air theater. You may wonder what is great about it. The Minack theater is built on a rocky cliff. So you are seated on the seats constructed on the slopes of the cliff. The stage is in front of you, and the backdrop of the stage is the blue sea.  I was there on a bright afternoon, and the water was shining blue. After entering the theater, the beauty and the vision of the creator leaves you spellbound. Rowena Cade is the brain behind this architectural wonder. The columns erected as part of the stage is a great spot to photograph. Unfortunately, they have cordoned off those areas and only allow the actors on the stage. I was disappointed as I could not take any photos to showcase.

After refreshing ourselves with the fantastic view of the theater, we walked down to Porthcurno beach. It was very crowded. The water in the beach was cold. But there were plenty of revelers in the water. We let the kids play for a while. And then and we started to the most westerly point in Cornwall and England, Land's End.