ATW Day 100! - Falmouth

Yep, it was day 100 of the ATW.  We were in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK.  Plan A was to take an excursion to some castle somewhere but, after looking at what was available in Falmouth, we went with Plan B which was to just walk up to the castle there, the Pendennis Castle.  We also knew that we just had to indulge in 2 local foods - scones and Cornish pasties.  This was another of those not so nice ports.  From our side, the port side, this was the view.

The view from the starboard side was much nicer.

From the ship, we could see the castle up on the hill.

It was about a 15 minute walk through a residential area to get to our target scone shop.  We made sure to prepare the scones the proper way in Cornwall - jam on first, then clotted cream.  And they were good.

Then it was time to hike up the hill to Pendennis Castle.

The castle was initially built by Henry VIII in the 1500's and had other military uses through the years.

We went to the watch tower and climbed to the top.

After the tower, we walked around the grounds before heading back down the hill to Falmouth.

We walked along the waterfront at low tide and it was quite low.  They get quite a tide variation there.  The high tide that will come this evening is 14 feet higher!

Falmouth has, of course, many historic buildings and the main street was quite busy for a Monday afternoon.

The main street was the location of our target pasty shop.  We were able to get vegan pasties - 1 garden vegetable and 1 spicy cauliflower.  They were good and somehow, despite being vegan, they had a nice buttery tasting crust.

From there, we just walked back to the ship.  It was a nice day in Falmouth.  The weather was a bit cool and overcast when we started out but the sun did peek out and it warmed up.  I think that we will have many cool/cold days ahead of us.  

As we sailed out of Falmouth, we passed yet another castle - St. Mawes.  And a lighthouse.

Our port on Tuesday will be Dublin, sort of.  We'll actually be anchored off of Dun Laoghaire which is a bit of a distance from Dublin, which we have been to several times.  We will probably just take a late tender in and walk some in Dun Laoghaire.  My tired old body needs an easy day after all of the walking we have done in the last 3 days.

Peace and blessings,

Linda and Larry