Christmas in Falmouth - 50° 09' 50" N 05 05' 08" W

After our brush with the law, we continued onto Falmouth, arriving after dark, at low tide with 20kn of wind howling in from the west.   In the dark, we wound our way up the channel, into the shallow Penryn River and wiggled our way through the myriad of empty moorings to our berth in the Falmouth Marina. Hurrah for our friends Fi and Adrian who plied our jangled nerves with wine and a hearty dinner.

Our route into Falmouth - Sean on the bow squinting into the dark looking out for mooring balls 
and Kate on the helm keeping a constant watch the depth.  Yay for a lifting centreboard!

After a leisurely breakfast, we rode our bikes into Falmouth to find it jammed packed with festive celebrations and the annual Cornish Harmony Choir.  In a tradition dating back a century, the Harmony Choir is made up from choirs across Wales and performs through the streets of Falmouth on Christmas Eve.  And half of Wales had shown up to enjoy the carolling! 

We parked ourselves on the patio of a cafe and watched the passing parade of Christmas shoppers while sipping wonderfully decadent hot chocolates.

A quiet moment along the High Street in Falmouth

Christmas Eve was spent at the pub with Fi and Adrian and Adrian's cousin, Tam and her adult family.  Everyone was in the Christmas spirit and a great deal of Christmas cheer was consumed.  We staggered back to our respective boats with an invitation to join Tam's family for Christmas lunch.

Christmas Day was a slow morning before heading to the pub for a drink before a late lunch.  We love the British pub culture, a place to meet and gather rather than just drinking. Lunch was a feast of everything Christmas, turkey, ham, gravy, cranberry and every side dish you could imagine, including Yorkshire Pudding! 

Gloriously overfed at Tam and Hugh's.

Post dinner, dishes cleared and the cards now come out!

A very lively game of Cards Against Humanity followed. Fi won by a mile and Tam didn't score a single point - what can we read into that??