In Cornwall, we went on a sea life safari. The Cornwall coast is beautiful and as we were heading out, the guide told us about the estuary, pointing out things like the World War II bunkers, Smugglers coves and sand bars.
The boat was a small power boat and the sea was a little rough. Luckily Dad wasn't ill (though he did say his legs were wobbly afterwards). At top speed, the boat only rose about 2m. I loved it.
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| Looking back at the estuary. |
As soon as we got out into open sea, we headed to Puffin Island. In May, puffins flock to the little island to to lay their eggs. The Puffins were so cute and boy could they move. They have such stocky bodies and little wings I didn't expect them to fly that quickly. I tried to get some photos of them in the air but just ended up with a lot of sky shots. But I did manage to get a few when some stopped for a swim and kindly stayed put for the crazy people in the boat.
There are also Cormorants and razor beaks. The cormorants like to spread their wings when they stand on the rocks so dry off their wings. They looked like like dragons (blame reading Game of Thrones for that thought).
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| Swimming puffins |
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| Cormorant drying off. |
After that we headed to look for dolphins, but unfortunately we didn't see any. We went through their usual feeding grounds but they must have been sleeping. (Who can blame them? It wasn't a great day.) So we went to see some seals. They were really hard to spot; I didn't expect them to be so well camouflaged and surprisingly high on the rocks. They get there in high tide and just stay up.
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| Just climbing out after a swim |
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| Not so sure about us |
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| Sun Bathing (minus the sun) |
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| Playing peep-a-boo with a seal. |
We had another look for dolphins but didn't see any. On the way back to the estuary, we pasted the new lifeboat house at Hawker's Cove. It was only opened in 1967, and the slipway was extended in 2006 so the new larger lifeboats can now launched tide level.
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| Padstow lifeboat house |
By the end of the trip I was a little windswept! But had a great time!
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