Over the last three days we spent some time based near Truro touring around the local area.
On the way down we visited Trerice, a Tudor Manor House, which was home to the Arundell Family from the 16th Century until the 18th Century.
Trerice House Near Newquay
The Great Hall
The Great Barn (now the tea room)
A view in the Gardens
he next day we started off at Trelissick, a great house on the banks of the River Fal and the Carrick Roads with some magnificent gardens.
Trelissick House
The view from the front of the house.
Right next to Trelissick there is the old Ferry Crossing served by the King Harry Ferry.
The ferry setting out from the far side of the Fal
Back in the early 1970's it was common to see great ships laid up because they were not econmical to operate at the time. There are none there today, but here are some photos I took at that time.
And one of my grandparents Harold and Gladys Lillie making the crossing between the wars.
After making the crossing we made our way towards the town of St Mawes on the Roseland Peninsula. On the way, very close to the village of St Just in Roseland we came across this view of the Carrick Roads.
St Mawes is a town on the opposite side of the Carrick Roads to Falmouth. It is the site of a castle which was built at the same time as Pendennis castle in Falmouth at thre command of King Henry VIII.
St Mawes - Wikipedia
St Mawes Castle - history
On the way back to Truro we visited Veryan, famouse for it's Round Houses and Tregony, once a medieval port on the River Fal before the river silted up.
St Mawes Castle - history
Looking toward St Mawes from the Castle
The Castle
The Castle from St Anthony Head - Falmouth can just bee seen in the background
We went on to St Anthony Head where there aregreat views of Falmouth and the Carrick Roads as well as the remains of the coastal battery installed to ptotect Falmouth in World War 2
The remains of the gun emplacements
The view to Pendennis Castle and Falmouth
On the way back to Truro we visited Veryan, famouse for it's Round Houses and Tregony, once a medieval port on the River Fal before the river silted up.
Ladock
The Bridge
We decided to make our way back to Saltash via Tintagel on Cornwall's north coast famouse for it's castle and Arthurian links to view the new footbridge connecting the two parts of the casle. It wasn't a great idea as it was the Friday of the August Bank Holiday weekend so the place was absolutely teeming with people!
Tintagel, along with many other Cornish sites has a long history going back to the first century and has been a religious site as well as a military site. There is a long history of trading links between the area and the mediterranean since the Roman Occupation.
Back when I first visited Tintagel back in the 1950s the two parts of the castle were still reasonably well connected by a neck of land, however, that neck of land was destroyed by extreme weather events and it became difficult for visitors to access the island. so the new bridge has rectified that situation.
Tintagel Castle - history and legend - English Heritage
Tintagel - Wikipedia
Tintagel Castle - Wikipedia
The history of Tintagel - Country Life
Tintagel in History and Legend - Google Arts and Culture
Tintagel Castle - history and legend - English Heritage
Tintagel - Wikipedia
Tintagel Castle - Wikipedia
The history of Tintagel - Country Life
Tintagel in History and Legend - Google Arts and Culture
The new bridge (with the older bridge below)
The mainland side of the castle
The island side of the castle
And here are a couple of photographs taken back in the early 1970s before any bridge was required.
