This picture kind of speaks for itself. I didn't have my camera with me, sorry, but the mobile gets the point across. The plinth mentioned in my post of 5th May 2017 (which opens in a separate window) is under there on the left, and the memorial stone to Captain Lapenotiere, who turned up here with news of the victory at Trafalgar and the death of Nelson - is there on the right. [The captain joined the Royal Navy aged 10, the plaque tells us.] This is Fish Strand Quay, Falmouth, and up the slope behind the camera is another plaque, this time mentioning Darwin. Or you might prefer to walk the short distance up Church Street to the rather more detailed plaque remembering the cannibalism-at-sea trial. Of a couple of centuries back.
You can set off on a fishing trip from here, or - tonight - you can follow the Pink Wig Parade. Unspecified future building works indicated by the as-yet-blank temporary sign leant up against the railing, and that's the Royal Navy again, up on the left in the background, moored up against the business end of the harbour. Not a particularly good picture, but a striking accumulation of past and present, I thought. Roseland in the distance.
You can set off on a fishing trip from here, or - tonight - you can follow the Pink Wig Parade. Unspecified future building works indicated by the as-yet-blank temporary sign leant up against the railing, and that's the Royal Navy again, up on the left in the background, moored up against the business end of the harbour. Not a particularly good picture, but a striking accumulation of past and present, I thought. Roseland in the distance.
This is what today looks like.