Plymouth
11 July 2018 | Plymouth
We left at 3:00 am, after a sleepless night. I was not looking forward to this departure, and what awaited us as we went around the head land. But JJ in true Kiwi fashion, was not fazed at all, and followed his track in before veering right. It was a little rough at first but than the sea settled. Unfortunately the winds never materialised and we motored all the way!!
Gill sadly left us the next day, and we began our little day adventure with the dingy up the Tamar river to Calstock. It was quite an adventure for as we headed up river, we had no idea how low it would get, as the tide went out, and sure enough, we had to grab on to a little mooring bouy, and wait an hour until the tide changed and we were able to continue up river to Calstock.
James’s ancestors left for New Zealand in 1841 from this village. It was a goal of James for many years, to go up the river and find the village, and visit the church and its cementary. Immediately he found a grave stone of an another ancestor, buried in 1807.