There is a nice short walk around Devils Point towards The Royal William Yard. This is the point where the River Tamar empties out into Plymouth Sound
There are nice views up the Tamar from the Mount Edgecumbe Estate to Torpoint, the Devonport Naval Base and up to Saltash
The village of Cremyll which is located at the gates of Mount Edgecumbe
The view back to Drakes Island in Plymouth Sound
The Royal William Yard, Formerly the Royal Navy's Victualling yard which is now being converted into upmarket Apartments, Restaurants and boutique shops
The Cremyll Ferry which crosses the Tamar from Stonehouse (near the Royal William Yard) to Cremyll
One of the trip boats that does Tamar River Cruises and Dockyard Cruises
The memorial to Robert Falcon Scott (Scott of the Antarctic) in front of Admiralty House. As can be seen Admiralty House is now being converted into upmarket apartments!
We had a very nice lunch at the Wagamama Restaurant. This was my Wagamama Ramen.
We visited Tavistock where they were holding a Farmers Market as well as their regular Pannier Market.
Some of the stalls at the Farmers Market
This lady was playing her harp at the entrance to the Pannier Market
Dukes Coffee House alongside the Pannier Market
We had Leak, Potato and Stilton soup with Garlic Bread for lunch
Inside the Pannier Market
The Leather Goods stall
And my favourite - the Book Stall.
We took the bus from Tavistock to Calstock. The bus ran into a problem soon after we got off - it met another bus coming up the hill and it is a very narrow (and picturesque) Road. The bus coming up manged to squeeze in until the two vehicles were level but then they ran out of space. By this time I was running between the two drivers with messages! However, the matter was resolved when the bus coming up hill reversed back to about where it is in the photo and then the other bus reversed back up the hill and turned round. It never arrived at the bus stop where it was scheduled to pick up passengers, and they had to wait another hour for the next bus!
Two views of the Calstock Viaduct which carries the branch line from Plymouth to Gunnislake.
It was Calstock Regatta Day and the Gig Races were in full swing on the River Tamar
Three Gigs lined up with the Village behind
The Cornish Coat of Arms on the stern of a Gig
Gigs racing on the river
Our friends, Eve and Al took Viv and myself to visit Viv's friend Lesley who lives in her own little cottage next to her daughter, Clare, deep in the East Cornish countryside not far from the village of Quethiock.
The Farmhouse
Lesley's Cottage
Lesley and Viv
Clare and Tuppence
Al, Eve and Viv
This is probably the last update for this trip to England and the Continent. I return home very soon. It has been a great trip, encompassing my Mum, Viv's, 90th Birthday in March as well as more ancestral searching in Somerset and Cornwall. We also very much enjoyed our spontaneous trip to Corfu as well as our two weeks in Normandy and Brittany.
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