Wednesday 15th July 2020 – at anchor – Port Cressa – St Mary’s – 2 nm 40 mins

We did motor all the way

As soon as we woke this morning we moved the boat over to Port Cressa, which only took us 40 minutes to reach. This is another beautiful quiet anchorage but it has the advantage of being a close walk into the main town on the Scillies – which even has a Co op and a bank!

Talavera at the new anchorage with Spellbinding behind

The garage topped up our fuel can, so hopefully the outboard motor should start.

The Mermaid pub beckoned for a pint, after all we needed to toast, albeit at a distance, our grand daughter Lily-Marie’s 11th birthday and friends Cath and Harry’s 42nd wedding anniversary. The town hasn’t changed much since last year when we spent a fortnight island hopping, so at least we can’t get lost when out walking.

A pint in the Mermaid

This cove is sheltered and the boat isn’t rolling about so we shall probably stay here for a few days as the location is perfect. The good part is that we have a very good 4G signal so the wifi onboard is working brilliantly.

Artie The Ship’s Cat has been sleeping all day, I dare say he will be awake all night!!!

It’s now 1900 and sea mist is moving in, so tonight Artie will have to forego his walk, as his fur is a perfectly camouflaged fog grey and not only do we not want to loose him, but we want to be able to see the boat well enough to row back to it, as the dinghy donkey still won’t start…

Artie The Ship’s Cat is up and starting his night anchor watch, oh he always looks that grumpy 😾

It has been a lovely day just wandering about the lanes and chilling out.

Looking into the bay at Port Cressa, St Mary’s
Looking out of the bay towards St Agnes in the distance from whence we came
A few other boat in this anchorage

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Tim & Rowena Heale sail on Talavera a Hallberg Rassy 36 mk2 and this summer 2018 they plan to sail from Gosport to the Baltic, follow their journey as they travel north.

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