This morning it was a case of showers breakfast and enjoying the time having a good look around Falmouth, visiting the Chandlers and re provisioning the boat. I have been in Falmouth before on both Swagman and Csardas, but have to say that it has either changed quite a bit or my memory is getting a bit confuddled. Probably the latter!! I was also pleased that we kept going to reach Falmouth as the barometer is dropping like a house brick, so bad weather is approaching.

We must be getting a wee bit soft, because it is really nice to be on an alongside berth again, where we have the luxury of both electricity and filling the tank with fresh water. There are however signs up in the marina stating that no boat washing can take done due to the fact they are on a water meter. A five pound deposit gives an access card to the shower block, with the showers being free to use, and an access code for the marina gate.

We had a bit of a palaver trying to get a bus time table. The bus stance didn’t have any and suggested the Travel Agents – they didn’t have any and suggested the Tourist Information Centre…….it was closed!

We decided to leave the search for a bus time table till later and went to visit the Maritime Museum which was fascinating. The added bonus at the museum was they had an area set up on the history of Polar Expeditions, part of which contained many interesting artefacts from expeditions lead by my boyhood (and adulthood) hero Ernest Shackleton.

Sara fell in love with a restored steam river boat ‘Waterlily’ which had been beautifully restored, and was dinky in a Victorian kind of way – but once again like a fool I had left the camera back on the boat.

Funny thing is that we managed to get bus time table at the museum……………….