Falmouth 50:09.15N 005:03.59W

Whisper
Noel Dilly
Mon 1 Jul 2013 20:06
"On Holiday" 25th June - 1st July 
 
We have spent the past week generally relaxing and enjoying being back 'home' but on holiday in Cornwall!  Falmouth for us is a beautiful town to arrive at after such a long trip as indeed it was for shipping arriving in the English in bygone years.  We spent a couple of days doing the essentials, like catching up on mending things, doing the washing, re-fueling, shopping and generally making Whisper shipshape again.  More enjoyably, we have spent some time walking with my son Mark and Sox, enjoying his local haunts in the forest and along the beach and cliffs of Cornwalls west coast.  We also had a very enjoyable day visiting the Maritime Museum which was full of interest.  Whilst we were there, we watched a film of very old black and white cine camera footage taken on board a square rigger many years ago.  How pleased I was that I had not watched this film before I set off on our passage from the Azores!  It was quite scary and the young sailors so brave and determined, I am not so sure that I would have been so brave had I known!  
 
There is so much to do and enjoy in the Fal River, we took the ferry over to St Mawes and walked along the coastal footpath to St Just in Roseland where there is the most beautiful church that I have ever seen.  We then crossed over the peninsula and walked down the other side picking up the coastal path again.  Our thoughts while we have been exploring this small area of Britain is that, we have traveled many miles and seen and visited many magnificent places on our travels and having arrived home, there are still places and things that are so amazing and beautiful right here under our noses.  The world is simply full of beauty and wonder no matter where you are!    
 
After a week here we now feel well rested and tomorrow we plan to leave Falmouth and cruise slowly homeward up the English Channel.