Fal River life again

Opposite us on the mid-river pontoon is a lovely classic craft – one of the Dunkirk little ships:

 

Wonder if she did the 75^th anniversary run to France this year. Bernie and Jen (who have featured here before ) did so in Mimosa, the boat you saw pictures of in Cardiff last September. There was even a picture to prove it on one of the commercial image websites and the Express newspaper:

We introduced Tim and Sheila to the delights of Trelissick and the woodland walks there. We also introduced them to the badness known as the National Trust cream tea. However, since we shared one, we don’t think that counts. They headed off on Tuesday, we met up with Norman and Julie (regular readers will have heard of their exploits and Bobil in previous posts). Norm and Milo the Jack Russell reluctantly managed the gentler of the walks. Roxy the Labrador enjoyed the water:

Milo wanted none of it – but after Julie carried him into the water, he swam out immediately and was very huffy. We walked one way so he went the other, forcing Norm to yell at him with rising anger levels. Julie didn’t yell - not because she has superhuman levels of self-control though. She had Laryngitis…

Lunch was in Devoran, see Old Quay Inn website. Another sitting in the garden in the sun watching Norman scare a plate of fish and chips whilst Milo looked hopeful kind of lunch (remember Lymington?):

We think that his small swim had seriously upset him though as despite the dribbling and hopeful looks, he then refused all the food he was offered.  Coffee was in Penryn, not the sort of town that would normally make you rush there. However, there is an excellent coffee (and cake – see a trend building here?) stop  see Miss Peapod website

The new fresh water pump had been delivered to Norm and so the captain got the chance to actually see and handle the Marco pump.  First impressions are very good – a heavy well engineered unit. Cannot fit it directly as a replacement for the backup Jabsco useless thing, as we need a couple of elbow fittings but it looks good

We will report back once it is plumbed in and performing – so far other Nordhavn owners seem happy with them and love the quiet, gear operated pump head instead of the diaphragm type. Durability? TBA!

As the weather forecast wasn’t looking great for the Scilly Islands until early next week, we decided that some shopping was needed. A RIB trip to Truro in the sun is actually quite nice, only at high water though and even then there isn’t too much water to play with. As you head upstream, you pass the lovely village of Malpas (pronounced Mopus) clinging to the hillside:

The aptly named Sunny Corner always has been during our visits (or perhaps we are too feeble and are only brave enough to make the dinghy trip when it is sunny):

The view of Truro cathedral is somewhat spoiled by the commercial wharf and the stack of scrap metal:

But it gets better as you approach the city:

Tesco is just Tesco though, unfortunately. At least they had what was needed so we can hole up here for a few days. Well, a wet Friday anyway.