Pottering around the harbour

sunset falmouthAt the end of the summer, we spent a few days in Falmouth. A chance to indulge my love of boats and harbours.

harbour

There is something about the mass of masts and that distinctive “tink-tink” sound as the boats bob around in their moorings.

canoes in harbour

The children were excited to spot a jelly fish and lots of little fishes. We examined the crab buckets of people leaning over the railings, hoping to catch more. Lots of activity going on in the harbour.

ships on river Fal

Not to miss out, we took a river cruise. The weather was turning which ruled out the wildlife cruise we were hoping to go on, but we enjoyed the river.

Something surreal about seeing these big ships moored up in the River Fal.

mussel farm

Plenty else to see too. The children saw the mussel farm. We spotted little egrets, herons and cormorants.

floating bridgeFun to see the floating bridge that we took a couple of years ago. Amazingly, we spotted a van from our village crossing over on it.

river cruise

The cruise took us up the River Fal and lasted two hours. We donned waterproofs and sat at the top, determined to see it all. TF was fascinated by all the ships and boats moored up along the route.

tall ship

On the way back to Falmouth, we spotted a tall ship, in full sail, coming in for the start of the festival that weekend. Quite a sight.

boatsIt was fun just pottering around the harbour. Whatever the weather.

Linking up with Fiona over at Coombe Mill. For once we are less #CountryKids and more seaside-kids.

Country Kids from Coombe Mill Family Farm Holidays Cornwall

18 comments

  1. I love the tink-tink sound too, one of my favourites in fact. Your photos of the boats are gorgeous and the river cruise sound like fun x #CountryKids

  2. Looks like you had a great few days, we love Cornwall. We saw the tall ships moored in Greenwich last week but most of them had their sails down (I’m sure there’s a technical sailing term for this!) so it was great to see your photo of one in full sail, would have been a spectacular site seeing them all.

    1. We left before the festival really got started, so I’m so glad we saw this one and a few that had already moored in the harbour.

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