Visiting Trelissick

We are off the boat again, and staying a lovely Airbnb in Falmouth while Triskel Marine installs the Integrel system in Idril. The work seems to be progressing well; here's a picture of half of the new 48V battery bank, installed in the starboard well just forward of the companionway. The main Integrel controller is also visible.

Meanwhile, Katy and I are exploring the area around Falmouth, on foot, bicycle and ferryboat. The Airbnb we are in has a lovely view of the harbor from its patio, and is an easy walk to the downtown and dockyard areas of Falmouth.

Today we took an early morning train out to Perranwell and then biked to Trelissick, a National Trust location.

The short bike ride from the train took us mostly on lightly-used country and village roads, and past this repurposed call box.

The gardens at Trelissick are just amazing. It occurred to me as we walked among the trees that arborists must think in terms of decades, if not centuries.

After a pleasant hour or so wandering around Trelissick, we got back on the bikes and headed to St. Just-in-Roseland, home of a lovely church and surrounding grounds. To get there we had to cross the River Fal (from whence Fal-mouth) at the King Harry Ferry. It's an interesting ferry, in that it moves across the river on chains.

It was easy to know when we had arrived at the church.

The church is beautiful (and homey!), as are the  surrounding grounds.

The main walkway down to the churchyard is lined with stones carved with mostly biblical passages, but a few other wonderful sayings, too.

The harbor at St. Just-in-Roseland certainly does dry out.

The trip back to Falmouth (via St. Mawes, and another ferry ride) gave us more views of the Falmouth harbor.

We got back in the mid-afternoon. Tomorrow morning we will move back to the boat; hopefully all the work will be done, and we will finally be able to start really sailing.

To see all the pictures we took, visit this album.