I’ve taken the King Harry Ferry twice in the last month – so I decided to post a short clip of this meditative little journey across the Carrick Roads.
I can never resist a ride on this chain ferry (can you hear the clicks?) rather than drive the long way round to the Roseland, even if I am £8 poorer per 10-minute return trip as a result. It isn’t really acceptable pricing as a functional part of Cornwall’s transport system, is it? But I’ll leave that rant aside for now as it’s just so beautiful, and is a particularly calm and woody treat for a West Pewithian, where trees and calm water are both somewhat rare.
King Harry Ferry, £8 return day trip. More details & timetables here.
ismay atkins
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August 24, 2013 at 5:33 pm
One & All
Someone once was trying to teach me to meditate and asked me to think of a place where I have felt most at peace, and the what popped into my head was the King Harry Ferry – when you get out of your car and stand watching over the side as it crosses the whatever-it-is. On a sunny day. With your favourite people. What could be better? And it has the resonance of childhood outings on the Roseland for me too. Only, last time I went on it the chinking chain noise was gone. Have they changed the way it runs? Without the chinking it’s half the ferry it used to be…