Day 11–13 June,messing about in boats

Today Jane organise boat trip up and down the Fal estuary using the various ferries. The estuary is the outlet of the Fal River from Truro, down to Falmouth and out to sea. The first stage was a short trip from the Flushing wharf just opposite our cottage to Falmouth. Then after a short wait, we boarded  Duchess of Cornwall for a one and half hour trip up to Truro. Not all the way to Truro because the tide was going out, so we landed on the stop before and were bussed to Truro. Here we sat around in the sun at the local Farmers Market before bussing back to the boat and taking another ferry down to Trelissick, Cornwall's most beautiful woodland gardens. From here we were to catch a ferry all the down to St Mawes where the estuary meets the sea. Jane had carefully studied the timetables, but at Trelissick we discovered that the ferry to St Mawes didn't start for a few weeks. We walked up the hill to the gardens and restaurant. The regular entrance from a car has no climbing, but from the ferry, the path zig and zagged up from the river such that day my wrist Fitbit recorded walking 7,514 steps and climbing13 floors. From here, we went back to Falmouth and then back across to Flushing. Jane did a trip from Falmouth the St Mawes on Friday.

The small ferry from Flushing to Falmouth

The larger ferry from Falmouth to Truro.

The chain car ferry and a look across the stern.

Day 24-27 26-29 June, 61 Coronation St., and in the archives

My accommodation at 61 Coronation is an old terraced two storied house that has been beautifully restored inside. Six rooms, Barlow, Battersby, Bishop, Duckworth, Tanner, and Tilsley. No prizes for guessing were they got the names. Four upstairs and two downstairs

Through the front door and up the stairs to Barlow, my room. 

Just before the stairs is the entrance to a very modern spacious, fully equipped kitchen, two ovens, a gas hob, microwave, fridge, freezer, and a dish washer.

Dining and cooking areas.

Dinning room and behind the floor to ceiling cupboards are from left to right the multi-draw freezer, the fridge, the micro wave and oven, and three dry goods cupboards.

Now the readers desk at SPRI.  I walk from 61 Coronation street, around the corner, through an ally to Union street, and in through the back entrance to the Chemistry faculty and out at the SPRI. A 5 minute walk.  That was for the first day The second day the builders blocked off the short cut through the Chemistry building making it a 15 minute walk. Once their I started work at 9.30 AM, lunch from 1-2 PM and go homme at 5 PM. Some times I left early.

Weather in Cambridge has been fine sunny and hot.

Day 28 - 30 June, dry cleaning

Saturday no more sitting at a Readers desk, a day to relax. My plans were to go uptown and have a look round. First, drop some clothes off at the dry cleaners. From the internet, I found Johnstone dry cleaners at 4 Emmanual street seemed to have a fast service so I rang a taxi and off I went. Walked across the road, entered the dry cleaners, plonk my bag of two shirts and pair of trousers on the counter only to find out they couldn't be ready before next Saturday. I am flying out to Singapore on Tuesday. I walked around town for a while and then took a taxi across to another cleaner I saw on the internet. Had a bit trouble with the driver as I didn't know the address, but after a bit of to-and-fro we eventually arrive at cleaners title "One Hour Dry Cleaners." Into the shop only to find that they couln't have the cleaning done until Wednesday at the earliest. However, after more discussing, they said they would have it ready by 5 PM Monday night.
I walked back to my room, had a lay down for a while and about 2 PM walked a 100 yds down the road to a local pub and had a meal of ham eggs and chips and that was Saturday.