A few more details about our excursion yesterday. We took a mini-coach from Falmouth to the King Harry Ferry--a small ferry that takes you across to the Roseland Peninsula. Our guide, "Di" was from the area and she constantly pointed to homes or down roads where her relatives lived--we even spotted her brother's dog outside a pub. (He, the brother, who I think she said was a farmer, was obviously inside.)

We saw a church at St. Just surrounded by subtropical flora. It's a bit odd when you first see palm trees in this area. Despite what they considered to be near drought conditions not long ago, everything looked very lush.

We stopped quite a while at St. Mawes, where we walked around in the partly sunny weather. (The village served as the setting for the television series "Poldark.") The crowds began arriving to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee as it was also a bank holiday, which meant most people had a vacation day. We even saw "the queen" in a small gilded coach and a procession. However, we almost missed a photo opportunity as several of us were ordering clotted cream ice creams for our mid-morning snacks when the procession began.

We had a leisurely ride back to the ship, passing through other small towns, arriving back at about 1:30 PM. It was a very enjoyable excursion and the guide was very good. It has made Gail even more interested in renting a car some time and investigating the whole area over several days. Gail is a real "Doc Martin" fan, by the way.

Trivia consisted of mostly British and Queen's Jubilee related questions, and we didn't do particularly well.

We have just arrived in Cork, Ireland, and it's about 8:00 am, but our excursion actually does't assemble until 10:45 am. I'm afraid the weather will be more problematic today. It's already raining and in the high 50s. It is supposed to go into the low 60s. We're waiting for Ngaire's weather gods to look down upon us.

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Eugene