Island life land grab

I land grabbed my own island
 

Where hath that Lulu of Longmizzle been hiding out? It is a question the long suffering Monsieur often wonders at the weekends. Weirdly he has an app that tracks her beautiful bobbing bonce. Sometimes her big head mistakenly appears floating in areas over the English Channel, miles from land. On other occasions, the app correctly locates the elusive one. 

Welcome to Island Life! 

Mounts Bay
St Michael's Mount, Cornwall

 

St Michael's Mount garden is now closed to the public until next spring.  Saint Lulu can kick back with a drone delivered Friday night Kakahari curry and choice cold cider. 

From a towering tower, she keeps a stern eye on the mainland peasants trying to reach the mount via the tidal causeway. Some are brazen enough to roll their trousers up to their knees for the crossing. These cheap flints simply cannot afford the ferry crossing. Soggy pockets lead to soggy Lidl receipts. Ferry crossers maintain their Waitrose receipt integrity.

Before her Knighting and Big Lotto win, Dame Lulu once returned from the Mount at the last possible opportunity as the tide was swiftly coming in, skirt tucked into knickers and rucksack held up high. She now knows better and has the coastguard securely on speed dial.


St Michael's Mount 
 

 Behold the beautiful succulents that thrive on the storage heater emitting rock....

(just ignore the photo bombing commoners)

 

Cornwall seaside garden

St Michael's Mount garden Cornwall

stunning rock garden succulents

Amazing succulents

Stunning pots of succulents

St Micheal's Mount tower

St Micheal's Mount - rock garden

St Micheal's Mount - beautiful succulents

St Micheal's Mount - terraced garden

St Micheal's Mount garden

 

Please do take a moment to sign the guest book, but make sure to exit the island by nightfall.

We kindly ask that you don't take any succulents with you.

By order of new island management :)

 


 

 

Thank you for visiting!

Most recent posts can be found here -

https://longmizzle.blogspot.com/

YouTubeyness here - Long Mizzle Garden on You Tube

 

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Location: St Michael's Mount, Marazion TR17, UK

Comments

  1. David Bennett16 September 2023 at 00:27

    An intriguing story and photo's of this place & the succulents growing there. 😊

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    1. Lulu20 September 2023 at 08:28

      Yes, and all completely true! ;) Thanks David x

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  2. Ellie Foster16 September 2023 at 03:43

    Dear Lulu
    Yet another place I would love to visit...one day...
    I hope the commoners will leave you in peace!
    Best wishes
    Ellie

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    1. Lulu20 September 2023 at 08:28

      What can you do 'eh about these commoners! Thanks Ellie x

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  3. bahnwärterin17 September 2023 at 02:30

    i know this island from telly - glad its yours now ;-D
    it´s a succulent paradise it seems.... the whole island looks perfektly like out of a fairy tale. can i come to visti you there - i´ll bring wine from the elbe vineyards :-D
    <3 xxxxx

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    1. Lulu20 September 2023 at 08:30

      It wasn't easy to grab ;) Of course you can come to visit Beate. Just give me some notice so I can alert the footmen :) x

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  4. Cherie17 September 2023 at 08:28

    Did you leave those succulents alone? They look pretty spectacular.

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    1. Lulu20 September 2023 at 08:31

      I was very good Cherie! Other visitors ... not so. Chunks missing from succulent clusters and 'do not' signs about :0 x

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  5. Polyester Princess17 September 2023 at 10:00

    Oh my, those succulents will surely win you First Prize at the Falmouth Flower Show next year! Such a pity you have to put up with those commoners, the knicker tucking chucking cheapskates in particular. Mind you, the one time I was there, I made use of the causeway too. But that, of course, was well before you ruled the island! xxx

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    1. Lulu20 September 2023 at 08:34

      I'm thinking about closing off the causeway Ann! A good thick wall should do it. Glad you got to visit before my planned additional fortifications, but of course you would be welcome x

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  6. Jules18 September 2023 at 01:52

    It's somewhere I've yet to visit. I had no idea the island was covered in so many succulents. Xx

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    1. Lulu20 September 2023 at 08:35

      Hi Jules! The gardeners have to abseil down the rocks to reach them :0 :) x

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    2. bahnwärterin21 September 2023 at 01:31

      hey lulu - you use the german word "abseil"?! very interesting but why? xxx

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  7. Winter Peach Photography18 September 2023 at 04:33

    Ooh your own island eh? All of that power!
    I've yet to visit your kingdom, but it looks like succulent heaven! xxx

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    1. Lulu20 September 2023 at 08:36

      I don't recommend ever visiting on a bank holiday weekend Claire. There seem to be many more commoners about than usual x

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  8. Elderberry-Rob20 September 2023 at 03:49

    Haha, hello my little stealthy succulent searcher - today blogger knows I am not a robot, not so last time, been trying to leave a comment for ages! I can imagine that day out was succulent heaven for you, How stingy though that you cant pinch the odd bit here and there on your walk. Those annoying photobombers, we make a point when someone is outstayin their welcome on the vanity shots, I pretend to pose right in the way and hubby pretends to take a pic of me going left a bit, right a bit etc... they soon get the message, then we look surprised and say 'oh would you like us to take one of you all together?' after that we hover and they push off fast!! When I went to the stone circles with my bruv recently these pesky people just would not stop taking boring pics of themselves and we wanted to hug the stones and feel the vibes, so I lay down for a little sleep until they pushed off. More garden posts please :) Betty

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    1. Lulu20 September 2023 at 08:40

      I'm glad some stone circles visitors will have a sleeping Betty in their pictures :) :) :) There was one couple at the mount who spent an exceptional amount of time taking photos! Hogging the whole vista they were! Thank you for persevering in proving you are not a robot xXx

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  9. Rajani Rehana24 September 2023 at 06:25

    Beautiful blog

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  10. Rajani Rehana24 September 2023 at 06:25

    Please read my post

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  11. Mike Perry25 September 2023 at 08:53

    Wonderful and wonderful succulents too - I feel a touch of magic around us. Great photos Lulu. All good wishes.

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