Day 41 (30th July 2022)

 We had a cute little visitor last night. We were wondering who had taken a few delicate bites out of an apple. The campsite instructions ask you not to dispose of food into the hedges as it encourages vermin, but one encounter with this spikey fellow and that's where all our leftovers will be going. Allegedly. 

It is the first time I've seen a live hedgehog in decades. It didn't mind that Morgan was about 6 feet away, asleep, luckily.

Today I was eager to get onto a boat as I've already exhausted my planned Germinal CCXXIV places on St. Mary's Island. So we took a trip out to the rather over-manicured Island of Tresco as it takes you directly past stop #93

NUT ROCK

The boat was a bit crowded and I couldn't get a side seat which meant doing a quick strip off in front of more people than I'm used to. A man could get arrested. Anyway, nut rock is the dark spot directly above my shoulder and infrint of the central island in the picture. 

Why is it called Nut Rock? I have no idea, all I can tell you is it lies at 49°55'53" North 6°20'12" West, so now you have no excuse if your boat hits it.

Once on Tresco, we skirted around the posh Abbey Gardens (£18 a visit, ouch) which meant I didn't get a chance to revisit the "Valhalla Museum" (sad face) but I'm sure you will forgive me. I wanted to get right up to the top of the island but a rivet on Guy's sandal decided to break, and then while walking barefoot he stubbed his big toe on a rock tearing a hole in the end of that toe. There was no way he was going to be able to accompany me on a further 3 or so mile round trip so I steered us towards a café and plonked him down at a table saying I'd be back in time for lunch. I then yomped over the bay to get a more distanced picture than I would have wanted of stop #94

BEEF NECK

So the body of water that is Beef Neck (it separates  Northwethel and St.Helen islands) is in the distance but the next 2 pics should point it out and show my sight-line from where I was on Tresco.

 (Map courtesy of OS)

We missed our ferry back by a mere 90 seconds and had to wait an hour and 15 minutes for the next one so Guy decided to go for a dip off the quayside instead.

Met a lovely Dutch couple on our return trip who are staying in the same campsite as us, so hopefully will bump into them later. Ditto the hedgehog!

Fingers crossed that the weather is a little more settled tomorrow so we can venture a bit further out.

Allons-y 

Douglas Germinal CCXXIV Brain over and out