Elaine Jones wrote:


It's surprising some of those lighthouses were ever completed, given
the prevailing weather in the locations.

If you come across a book called "The Lighthouse Stevensons" it's a
goodly read.

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On a calm day I've been out to the Bishop Rock (to the SW of Scilly. -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/sevenwo...mm/index.shtml
& www.lavaurs.com/en/spot/0823/01)

Apart from the fact it's stuck out in the Atlantic on a small rock
which is frequently totally submerged, the builders lived on a remote
island, barely more than a rock to the SW of St Agnes. How they managed
I can't imagine.

Graham
Penzance