Monday, April 3 A windy morning. Sometimes the rain was pouring heavily down. Our bus went to Falmouth on small narrow roads between hedges and trees overhanging the road. John pressed the button of the horn in the roadbends to warn meeting traffic.
 In Falmuth I observed a house with a large painting on it's wall which showed the harbour of the town.
Those who wanted could take the ferry across the mouth of river Fal and enjoy the view of the sea and after that land in St Mawes. But my husband and I preferred to stay in the bus and go around all the bays of the broad mouth of the river. Those who had joined the tour by the ferry had had a nice time in a local pub at a flaming fire of logwood.
St Mawes is situated at the utmost point of the peninsula of Roseland, which has it's name from the Cornish word ros which is meaning promontory. We made a visit to the church and churchyard of St Just in Roseland, ”the most beautiful churchyard on earth” according to Betjemen. It is situated on a southward slope towards the bay. It is a sight with Oriental plants and trees. But I have no good photos from that place as the weather was too rainy.
Afterwards we went to Truro, the capital of Cornwall where the cathedral is dominating the view of the town. My husband and I went into a restaurant for lunch to get shelter of the rain. After lunch we tried to find some bookshops and I bought several paperback books. But more shopping was nothing for us in that awful weather, we looked for the bus and sought shelter.
 The tour went to Trelissick Gardens. Arrived there we had a break in the raining so it was really nice to stroll around, seeing all the trees in flower dress and the well cared lawns. The flower beds had some flowers too, mostly unknown species for me. A wellstocked tourist shop with souvenirs, books etc was the shelter when the rain began again.
April 4
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