Some photos of the voyage to Scilly

Our week ended with rain and wind but luckily we were safely back in Dartmouth before it got too unpleasant and we left Maunie today before the Force 8, perhaps Severe Gale Force 9 arrives tomorrow night!

So back home (ah, well) we've a chance to post some photos of the last week:

Fergus helming in brilliant downwind conditions from Dartmouth to Fowey

Arriving at Falmouth - not much wind for the working boats' race (and they don't have engines!)

Crossing the shipping lanes off Land's End and we had to alter course to give way to this beautiful vessel,

which looks even better from this angle:

Once safely into the islands, this was our anchorage in Porth Conger:

The old lifeboat station is now The Turk's Head and the most south-westerly pub in the UK. 

We ate well there. The (inactive) lighthouse is our dream home.

Over on the exposed west coast of St Agnes, the views out to the rocks are spectacular and the boulder-strewn beaches an indication of the ferocity of the winter gales here.

Boulder-stacking seems to be a bit of a past-time here so this is our effort. Quite pleased with it!

More photos to follow!