Falmouth

Everyone had the day off because some people came to film something on the boat. At the end of the day we found out that it was some documentary where they try and find relatives of people from the past and interview them while talking about some historical event.

In the morning Richard, Baron, John and I went to Pendennis Castle, King Henry VIII built it to protect Cornwall against foreign invasion, Elizabeth I built ramparts and it was even used in WWII as a training facility. We got to the castle a little early so we walked around the perimeter, next to the ramparts, there were lots of people playing with their dogs, so we got to pet a lot of puppies. The Castle was pretty good, we managed to get in free and explore the grounds, most of the things buildings were newer, from the early 1900’s.

Richard went into town before we even looked at the WWI stuff, John and Baron went to the beach and I headed into town as well. I met up with Chris and Tenley at the maritime museum and we explore that together. They had a great exhibition about lighthouses, how they got started, again by King Henry VIII and how people lived in them. Usually it was three men and sometimes they didn’t get along. Lighthouses also had round furniture, round cupboards, round benches and curved beds. There were a lot of boats hanging from the ceiling and as you worked your way up you could see more of them. Down in the basement you could see into the water and watch the tide come in or out.

The main town area is filled with shops, one devoted entirely to olives, a candy shop with fudge milk shakes and the Chain Locker, a bar where news of Nelson’s death first reached England.

Doug took Jesse and I out to dinner to a Nepalese restaurant.