Helford River

With some strong winds and offshore gales forcast for mid week we delayed out trip to the Scillies as it could get a bit uncomfortable in the anchorages with increased swell from the Atlantic

So we have taken the oportunity to spend a bit of time in the Helford River. We started out with a night in Gillan Creak near the mouth of the River, where I tried out my new bargin fishing rod, as I was just moving the lures beneath the water to see what they looked like, I saw a flash and hooked a reasonable sized Pollack, typical, we had just bought some Mackerel! So the Pollack joined the Mackerel on the barbeque, and I stopped fishing for fear of catching more than we could eat!

On Sunday we moved into the river proper, and found a spot to anchor above the moorings but downstream of the oyster beds, and therefore escaped mooring fees, and also have a perfect view upstream of the river and it's lush wooded banks.

Today fine weather has at last appeared, it being mostly rather grey and wet since Friday, so we have made some explorations of the creaks by dinghy. There seem to be fairly few visitors here, and most of the time we have had the whole river to ourselves. We explored Frenchmans creak, then all the way up to Gweek Quay. The banks of the river don't really feel like England, more like New Zealand where the tiny population has made little impact on large area of forest, as from the river you can only see the odd bit of farmland on hills above the trees, but surely the wood don't extend far before the fields start.

The Relaxing Dinghy Trip!

The head of Frenchmans Creak