049:53.474 N
006:20.115 W

St Agnes and Gugh

Torrential rain in the night left a clean, bright dawn with the sweet scent of spring in the air, and TC sparkling from her fresh water shower.

We did some passage planning last night on the Navionics, plotting the route from our anchorage to the south side of the Islands, a large ‘S’ of just over 10 miles through the centre of the archipelago, ending in St Agnes and Gugh.

The route was windless so we motored through a swell that was surprisingly significant. Having now walked across two of the five inhabited Islands, it was fun to view those landscapes from the sea.
 

Bishop Rock Lighthouse was spotted through the grey sea mist, standing guard over the south west corner. Between us, rows of jagged-teeth like rocks appeared at every turn, there is no time for complacency when navigating these waters.

Water visibility where we are anchored now is incredible, Bol watched the anchor descend in beautiful turquoise water and lay down on the seabed in 5m of water, we could then see the chain as it was fed out across the sand; 30 meters of chain = 30+ meter visibility?  

We were on a mission to find the ‘best ice cream in the world’ ~ not difficult when all signs led to Troytown Farm Shop, St Agnes. (Signs telling us the Island is rat-free greeted us upon arrival!)

It felt good eating our ice creams, sitting atop huge boulders and looking out at the unlimited rocks, we certainly appreciated the many cardinal marks and lighthouses we had passed today.

We are 7 boats in the anchorage that probably fits 50 in summer. The first warm day in 3 weeks finally enabled Happy Hour and Supper in the cockpit. Soft accordion music floated over from one of the French boats nearby and a beautiful sunset followed.