We took sandwiches and R’s snorkelling gear and got on the 10:15 ferry to St Agnes. It was almost full.
We landed at St Agnes. St Agnes is connected to Gugh by a sand bar that is exposed at low tide. The ferryman told us that the tide would cover it at 14:30, so we should endeavour not to be on Gugh after that time.
After landing on St Agnes we walked down to Cove Vean, a supposed good snorkelling site, but the tide was very low, so we decided to come back later. We walked across the sand bar to Gugh. There were some dinghies pulled up on the bar from yachts moored in the channel.
There were lots of six-spot burnet moths about.
Lots of caterpillars in the path too, lots, but not all, squashed by walking boots.
Having walked round Gugh we went to the south end of St Agnes and ate our sandwiches looking out over Wingletang Bay.
Then we came back to Cove Vean and R went snorkelling. Clear water, lots of things to see: fish, spider crabs, anemones, sponges.
We walked round to Troy Town and J had a good ice cream from Troytown farm.
We sat at a table next to the campsite and were entertained by song thrushes and sparrows coming to the table.
We walked up to the north end of the island round Periglis Bay and then back to the quay. As we were passing the Turk’s Head, the most south-westerley pub in the UK, we stopped in for a quick drink before catching the ferry back.
J went to Hugh Town to get some fish and chips for dinner. While there, she ordered crab and lobster salad from the chippy, to be collected Wednesday 18:30. Half a lobster plus 6 crab claws.