A visit to Falmouth

June 10, 2010

Up early (well 8:30) for our trip to the coastal town of Falmouth. Parking is a premium in these towns and they prefer you not drive into town, so we hit the "park and float" lot about 3 miles from the town centre. Of course we were there at 9:15 and the 1st boat left at 10:00.
What to do for 45 minutes? Of course we hit the local McDonalds for a coffee.

We took the boat into Falmouth and walked around town for a while until we discovered a hop on, hop off van that ran all over town and only cost 1 pound. A lot easier way to see the town and saves on shoe leather.

Next place to see in town was Pendennis Castle. This was built by Henry VIII to defend the southwest end of England. A couple of people told us it was only a 10 minute walk from our location so we headed off. Well I doubt any of those folks have ever walked to Pendennis castle. It's about a 45 minute walk UPHILL all the way. Well we finally made it to the castle, had a cup of tea, explored the castle, took some pictures and headed back down the mountain for lunch. Ploughman's lunch for Joe and a 5 lb baked potato with chili sauce for Bonnie.

Back on the boat to come back to Praze an Beeble, along the paths that they call roads over here, to do, of all things, laundry.

We decided to leave tomorrow morning instead of Saturday so we would have time to see Blenheim Palace which we believe may be near Oxford.