The Cove and its Guardians
Have you ever visited The Cove, between St Agnes and Gugh?
It is a safe anchorage in all but South to South East winds. Our visit to the Isle of Scilly coincided with an unsettled week of weather. Triton and its crew, always after an easy time, took to The Cove to shelter from the forecast North Westerly force 7's that were due the next day.
The wait for the winds was pleasant enough, a visit to the Turks Head, and walks around the islands of St Agnes and Gugh. The cow, after a day in anchorage soon started to see things!! We then both looked hard at our surroundings, and began to see the Guardians of the anchorage. A snake in the form of a large rock was looking towards the Cove's entrance.
We also saw a Cobra, hood inflated, again guarding the cove.
Whilst Gugh seemed to be a bit reptilian, St Agnes sported several mammalian guardians.
At the entrance to The Cove, we saw a doggy face, looking in towards the island.It was quite a sad looking face, looking for its master perhaps.
Further along the Cove, on the St Agnes rocky coast we saw an alligator! A sharp jaw stood out over what could be a rabbit. What he though he was up to I don't know, but he did not look too dangerous or a threat to us or the rabbit.
Lastly we saw a whale, just surfacing for a breath of air. He looked
very friendly, and was enjoying the scene.
Thus, The Cove is well looked after, with these old animals looking onto the waters, keeping the seafarers safe and cosy in their vessels.
We spend another two days in New Grimsby Harbour, between Tresco and
Bryher. Whilst there are plenty of rocks around, we could only find one image of a fellow
without a neck! He was on Bryher, a 100 yards from Hangmans Rock with its sordid gibbet on
the top of it rocky slope. Perhaps the old fellow had lost his neck here!
A climb on the opposite side of the anchorage, on Tresco, took us to the Cromwells
Castle and King Charles ruined castle. The views were superb, showing what was still very
windy week.
But not all our weather was bad. a couple of nice days made for a relaxing time, away
from the bustle of every day life.
A glorious sunset on our penultimate evening showed in the western sky.