Day 1 Wednesday October 19th St Martin's to Hayle

 

Monday's St Martin's sunset

The start of another holiday and cruise away from the islands aboard Scillonian III!  We are going to various places and seeing some relatives and friends on our travels.  We have been planning for some weeks but the actual journeying started last Saturday (16^th).  Our car went across to St Mary’s then as the Llyonesse Lady was out of action for a scheduled service this week.  All went well on St Martin’s but during the voyage some cargo shifted and the car suffered a knock – not too horrendous but will have to be sorted at the end of the holiday. This week started well for us with Monday being a glorious day with a wonderful sunset.

Yesterday and today have been misty with no flying.  We have travelled to St Mary’s on a jet boat with a bit of lump as well.  We joined the Scillonian which was nicely filled with Skybus passengers.  The car was safely loaded onto the ferry and we were away by 4:15. 

car loading onto Scillonian

The fairly brisk, Easterly windy conditions mean we have had an interesting crossing but we were OK with neither of us having ever suffered the mal-de-mer (hopefully that status continues).  Our luggage and vehicle were reunited with us in the darkness of Penzance quay.  We were soon away, filled up with petrol at Sainsburys and have arrived at Hayle Premier Inn.  Hopefully a good night's sleep and more adventures tomorrow.

a bumpy jet boat ride to St Mary's