Falmouth

September 4th

This morning was grey and misty.  We had to tender so we were a little late getting in to port for our tour.

Barb Moorehouse had arranged this tour for a group of 10 people. Our first stop was the village of St. Ives which is a picturesque village on the Atlantic Ocean. The flowers were beautiful….

We walked along the waterfront.  Because this is a tidal bay, I guess these boats need to wait for high tide!!!

We just walked around to check the place out and found some delicious scones and stocked up on some Pepsi.  I’m sure there may have been some historic significance here but we did not see it. We did see the parade that was the start of the annual Gorseth where the new Bards are installed…..no pictures, just a video so if you get to see our DVD you can see the parade.

We then proceeded to Penzance, located on Mounts Bay.  Instead of walking around…we found a very nice Irish Pub……we had a very enjoyable visit !!!!!

We the headed back to Falmouth with a stop to see Saint Michael’s Mount, a small granite island topped by a castle.  The island is accessible by a causeway at low tide or by boat. The island is privately owned by the St. Aultyn family. As you can see from the pictures, the weather hadn’t improve much….Best stop of the day definitely was Flanagan’s Irish Pub!!!

It was then back to Falmouth where we waited in a LONG line to board the tenders to return to the ship. Tomorrow is Dublin and Guinness…can’t wait!!!