Day Eighteen - Plymouth

Photos: Top to Bottom

Salt water Swimming Pool cliff side in Plymouth dating back to the 18th century and still used today, Plaque indicating the departure point of the Pilgrims for New England 1620, Charlie at the top of the Mayflower Steps where the Pilgrims left from, self explanatory, Cornwall countryside, Our Bed and Breakfast (Oldest Home in Falmouth) Note: Click on any photo to view at full size. Use Back Arrow to return to blog.

Our tour guides Roy and Marion would not let us leave before serving us one more sumptuous English breakfast. What a treat it has been for us staying with this wonderful couple. They not only opened their home to us, fed us like there was no tomorrow but have dedicated the past two days to driving us to places we would never have seen on our own. Thank you again Roy and Marion.

We bid farewell to our friends about 9:30 and headed west. The drive across the southern plains of England was just beautiful. Rolling hills dotted with a collection of farms and sheep and cows. Norman Rockwell could not have drawn anything any prettier.

We arrived in Cornwall around one. My Fodor’s guide indicated that there was much to see in Plymouth and Mr. Fodor was not wrong. We spent about three hours walking around the waterfront area taking in views from an area they call the Hoe which is a walkway high above the city which offers magnificent views of the inlets, bays and harbors that make up Plymouth Sound. The most outstanding aspect of this area for us is that it is from this very point that the Pilgrims came to America aboard the Mayflower. We were actually able to stand on the very place that they left from. Being Americans this was so exciting to us.

From Plymouth we headed further west and south into the heart of Cornwell and are now staying in a B&B which just happens to be the oldest home in Falmouth. So very charming, the home and it’s owner. We enjoyed a lovely dinner in the dining room and will have our breakfast there tomorrow morning. Fodor’s guide is touting a National Maritime Museum which they say will acquaint us with Cornish maritime heritage as well as provide the opportunity to view a collection of 140 or so boats and a glass fronted Tidal Zone below sea level where we can come face to face with the sea itself. We can’t wait. Will tell you all about it tomorrow night.