We've
been camped on the island for 2 weeks plus now. Inevitably, the talk
has been about the weather – apparently the worst summer for very
many years!
Here
is my weather rating chart so far. The rating doesn't indicate the
enjoyment of each day which has been very high, rather the weather
conditions we are experiencing. We've adapted our activities to
suit?!
Our
new, bigger tent has been an advantage on rainy/misty days as we are
dry and warm with plenty of head room. Rain largely equals reading
and both Chris and I have read a number of books (an enjoyable though
infrequent activity for me – they have been about railways and
canal builders though! Now onto Bryson's Shakespeare.)
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| Home for a month! |
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Campsite from the main road!
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| Heather and gorse on the tops |
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Campsite Beach
St.Martin's
is relatively big which is giving me a great area to run over, with
stunning views. I
have been running every 2/3 days with some swimming in between.
The
area is a gritstone base with heather and gorse and grass tracks
making running an absolute delight.
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Top rock - a scramble to the top! L.H. Outcrop.
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My
running routes take in some rock scrambling and a longer ridge run
upto the DayMark. This
was built in 1683 and originally painted white and it is said all red
before the red/white stripes.
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| A good climb and a scramble to the Day Mark @ 47m |
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The Day Mark viewed from the ruins of the old Napoleonic Signal Station.
However,
it was supposedly mistaken for the St.Agnes Lighthouse (further SW
and built in 1680), an event recored on a small gravestone
St.Martin's Church yard – see photo – which is given a date of
1830. The 'Hope' is one of many hundreds of ships to have foundered on
the Scilly rocks [the latest being the container ship the 'Cita' in
1998].
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| Gravestone in Churchyard |
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