On our evening in Cornwall, we drove to the southern end of the Penwith Peninsula to the village of Porthcurno to take in a show at the Minack Theatre (www.minack.com). The Minack is Britain’s equivalent to an ancient Greek theatre, hewn out of the granite cliffs 200 feet above the waves. With the sea as a backdrop, the theatre, created by Miss Rowena Cade in 1931, has an incomparable setting. We were awed by the beauty of the theatre and the sea beyond, and thoroughly enjoyed watching the sun set over the waves as we waited for the show to begin. Unfortunately, the winds picked up and the temperatures dipped significantly after sunset, and the performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers was only mediocre at best.  Our drive back to the hotel was my first foray in the dark, and the narrow weaving roads through the middle of the peninsula were somewhat daunting. Rarely have I driven through a countryside I could so easily describe as haunting. It’s no wonder the Cornish hold so many mysterious legends.