Day 5 Tresco, Scilly Islands, Maybe - Nope lets go to Fowey

The sea rolled and the wind was a stiff 40 knots as we arrived in the area of Tresco. To check the sea conditions,  a run with a zodiac was made and a decision to forgo the stop here, as conditions were not favorable nor safe to land. I did ask the Captain about the sea state and learned it was 13-16 foot swells. 

Peter made a run to see if landing with the zodiacs would be safe. It was a no go. 

Pilot Boat got a bit jostled 

Loading the zodiac back on the boat

At 0900 there was a talk presented by Jim Wilson  about the birds of the area.  It is interesting that some common European species  may have the same name as the common name in North America, for example the Robin, but it is a very different bird. 

Later in the morning Susan Seubert spoke about her work with National Geographic Traveler Magazine. Interesting points were made during this presentation. 

We sailed to the sheltered port of Fowey, (pronounced Foy) where we docked next to the cement factory (or maybe a factory for the processing of the local clay for pottery).   Here we decided to go on the photowalk with Steve Morello. On this outing, I picked up many tips on street photography. Always one more thing to learn, and then some.  Walking among the streets and chatting with the local folks was great. The sun decided to break through and provide some great light. 

Many Friendly Shop Keepers 

As we have been eating so well, as well as too much, we opted to have dinner in Fowey on our own. Most of the local shops were closing at 1700, so we purchased some Cornish Pasties for a shore side picnic. Lynn had the pork and apple, and I had a spicy chili. Both were excellent.  After the photo walk we returned to an ice-cream shop for our dessert. The ice cream was wonderful as we each had a Cherry and Clotted Cream flavored ice cream cone dipped in chocolate.

Pasties 

Great Ice Cream 

We then returned to the ship, as the shops were closing and the natural light was fading. 

As we were  content with our picnic and had signed up to be off the ship we  simply relaxed  awaiting a chocolate presentation by Kristy Leissie.  Her presentation was extremely interesting about the history of chocolate in the new world.  At first, chocolate was a drink enjoyed by the rich and the industry was controlled by three primary companies, Roundtrees, Fry, and Cadbury. All were owned by successful Quaker businessmen.  Cadbury is well known and is now owned by Kraft Foods. Fry was responsible for Kit Kat as well as Rolo’s. 

I am very impressed with Cornwall in many ways and a return here could be most enjoyable, maybe to hike their many trails along the coast. 

Off to bed to ready our selves for Dartmouth.