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/ Two Scilly Bullocks on a Boat
Going ashore for water and provisions, it was still very windy.
After shopping we went for ‘breakfast’ at the Holy Mackerel cafe. A quirky cafe in an old chapel…
…run by a fun, quirky couple. Serving delicious food, including crab sandwiches, and Kim’s homemade cakes.
I wouldn’t normally have a cream tea, but I cannot praise the fresh buttermilk scone highly enough, and it seems the age old question has also been answered.
Very convenient position for the wine too.
Deciding to follow signs for ‘KB’ we climbed a track winding through the picturesque cottages.
It followed the stream which flows into Helford creek.
KB is an abbreviation for Kestle Barton, a community of houses, and an art gallery.
The gallery has a beautiful garden…
….and an exhibition, river by night by Kira Freije.
Our walk through ancient woodland took in Frenchman’s Creek, with its moody, green water.
At low tide mullet could be seen scavenging on the bottom.
Towards the mouth of the creek, the water became a beautiful aquamarine.
Frenchman’s Creek is best known as the setting for Daphne du Maurier’s 1941 novel of the same name. Set during the reign of Charles II, it tells the story of a love affair between an impulsive English lady, Dona, Lady St. Columb, and a French pirate, Jean-Benoit Aubery.
Adding to the atmosphere, steep, narrow stone steps lead down into a little cove…
…where there is an abandoned, rotting wooden boat.
Who says the sun never shines in Cornwall?
Penarvon Cove, with Avalon on her mooring buoy in the distance.
Not sure whether this is one of the holiday cottages to let in this cove or not.
After a few pints of local brew, it has to be Guinness.
Looking over to the Shipwrights’ Arms.
Just to prove I’m on the dinghy too.
Still windy, with strong gusts all day, but some spells of relative calm.
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