We decided to go straight to St Agnes as we didn't have a lot of time for sight seeing before having to head back to the mainland. Who should we find there.....Fusion. and crew. After a quick saunter around the island we had a quick pint in the local hostelry before heading for St Mary's on the south anchorage.
We had our Evening meal in Blues restuarant which was excellent quality at an attractive price. Greg's T bone steak was something else, it was huge.
Day 2 Sunday.
The crew of Fusion joined us for the trip across to Tresco using the shallow draft of the catamaran to take the most direct route, something that Fusion couldn't do and wouldn't have wanted to go round the "outside" route because of the heavy seas.
Once there we visited the tropical Gardens Apart from all the plants and trees from all over the world there were lots of pheasants.
The best shot of the whole trip was this ornamental pheasant that let me get within a couple of feet. What a striking bird.
The beaches, were white course sand from the local granite rocks, and they were long and empty.
Oh and why were we there, ah yes the Gig Racing, watching from one of the beaches, It was an awesome sight with over 100 boats rowing across the bay, (click on the pictures to enlarge). We watched as they assembled to start their race.
The rest of the day was spent searching for shells and coloured stones before meeting the others for the journey back to St Marys.
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