Idyllic Mousehole…
(Inspired by Harold Harvey’s 1922 painting…)
A high tide reflects the shimmering images of familiar
Sunlit buildings around the quay, unsullied by modernity.
There is an idyll, a quiet balm, a harbour calm,
As loitering men lounge, the caps on their heads similar.
A fisherman hauls upon a damp rope within the serenity
Of a Mousehole unspoilt, basking in morning charm…
No buses are turning, no vehicles park on the harbour wall,
There is no through traffic and no public lavatories;
One dog squats but there are none in pushchairs at all…
There are no signs, no leaning surfboards or canoes and no amenities.
Nets hang over the quayside wall, drying and repaired,
There are no waste bins, no congestion and no litter strewn,
For the painting captures a pastel gentility unimpaired
Of an idyllic Cornish harbour from granite hewn…
Pete Ray
2nd September 2024…
The Harold Harvey painting really does do credit to Mousehole, almost like those old British Railway posters for Penzance or St Ives, which accentuated the 'glorious weather and beautiful beaches’, which perhaps were somewhat misleading and flattering…
This though was a 1922 painting and might have been close to what the artist saw…
How it has changed in Mousehole however, yet it still retains huge charm and attraction…
Love it there…
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