The Telegraph Museum

More beautiful weather again today with a welcome off-shore breeze. We spent the morning at the Telegraph Museum at Porthcurno. A potted history: In 1870, the tiny seaside village of Porthcurno in Cornwall was the most connected place on the planet. It all started with a single cable that was laid under the beach and out to sea. Suddenly it became possible to send messages from Porthcurno to Mumbai within a minute. This place was the hub of global communication, linking Britain with the rest of the world.
This award-winning museum is extremely family-focussed and has masses of hands-on science exhibits, games and interactive installations. Even more exciting are the secret underground tunnels, hidden behind bomb-proof doors, and the trails with codes to crack. The museum also has an unexploded bomb on site, dropped on the telegraph station by the Luftwaffe. FUN FACT: It takes 0.000006 of a second to send a Harry Potter book along a fibre optic cable. It would take 74 days to send the same book via telegraph cable.

What a gem of a museum, a morning wasn't long enough to see everything. The entrance tickets are valid for the whole year so LindyLulu and P will definitely be going back for a further visit. We had lunch in the cafe, came home for a relax and then a walk down to Mousehole (downhill all the way) a sit by the harbour with an ice cream and then the walk back (uphill ALL THE WAY). Recovered now and a restorative G&T has hit the spot!