St Mawes, and Truro, etc.

Saturday, 28th May - Huge Catch-up

St Mawes is lovely with some beautiful homes, most of which have water views and you can see the money in some of them. The town has all the basic requirements in shops, and a nice little harbour which has boat/ferry trips across to Falmouth and other destinations.

There was apparently free wi-fi in the St. Mawes Hotel, but the couple of times I went to look, it was packed with people so I ended up sitting in the car on top of the headland and getting a signal, probably from Falmouth across the water. It is great tho, to be able to do our own thing and have a kitchen to just cook up whatever we like.

Monday, 29th May

We decided to go into Truro, which in one of the guide books at the flat, said it was a good place to visit if the weather was not good. We went early, as it was a bank holiday weekend, and likely to be lots of traffic. We got there about 9.15am, having gone around the long way by road, as we hadn't yet worked out the ferry crossing at the Fal river, and we thought we could do it on the way back. Found a carpark and all seemed deserted, but we had a good look around the city, which is very attractive with a good mix of old and new, and some interesting shops. We needed to get some more polo shirts as some had been ruined by the washing they did for us at the Edward Hotel in Gloucester, and we got some things for Ollie as well.

Came back via the short route, and the King Harry Ferry, which is reached via a pleasant drive through and estate with a National Trust garden named Trellissick, which we will go back to. The road down to the ferry is narrow and you have to wait in line, and not park in certain places or the cars coming off the ferry cannot get past as they come off. It is a very efficiently run outfit and you are soon on board, and the chain driven ferry takes all of 5 minutes to cross the water, and then you are quickly up the other side and away.