Lost Quays « South West Sea Kayaking

Lost Quays

Published August 30, 2007 Uncategorized 5 Comments

Garlandstone

The Garlandstone is currently berthed at Morwellham Quay on the River Tamar estuary. She was built in 1909 a little further downstream on the now silted-up quays of Calstock, to ship ore down to the open sea and abroad. Cornwall’s mines have long since closed, and only pleasure craft venture upstream now.

The contrast between the silent upper reaches of the Tamar and the port traffic of Plymouth Sound has to be seen to be believed.

Calstock

Plymouth Sound

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1 NickB August 30, 2007 at 4:29 pm

That’ll be HMS Argyll crossing in front of West Hoe, hope you enjoyed some of our local waters!

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2 Joyce August 30, 2007 at 11:13 pm

Mark,

Your travels are inspiring!

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3 Mark September 3, 2007 at 8:01 pm

Well, it’s been wonderful fun, but this is all easy to do. All you have to do is hop into/ onto a kayak and paddle away from shore – adventures aplenty await (alliteratively aligned).

Mark

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During 2006-8 I researched, photographed and wrote 'South West Sea Kayaking', a detailed guide to the coasts and islands of South West England; from the Bristol Channel to the Isle of Wight.

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