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| Our Cosy Cottage - What a disappointment! Oh well, just somewhere to hang our hats and explore Cornwall |
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| Miss Peabody's by the river for breakfast |
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| Falmouth at the mouth of the estuary (Carrick Roads) where Henry VIII built Pendennis Castle to protect the shipping area. Falmouth was the best south western harbor in England in earlier days |
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| A beautiful little graveyard by a small church near Falmouth |
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| Part of the church Enys Gardens It is said that Enys is considered to be the oldest garden in Cornwall and is noted in the 1709 Edition of Camden's Magna Brittania for its fine gardens. In spring, the bluebells in Parc Lye (believed to be undisturbed since ancient times) are a sight to behold, and are what we came to see! |
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Enys House At one time, an Elizabethan house and long walled garden stood in the parkland. The greatest change to the estate came when the Elizabethan house was destroyed in a fire in the 1820's. In 1833, John Samuel Enys engaged Henry Harrison, a London architect, to produce designs for the garden as well as the present house shown above. The interior, seen through the windows, is in much need of repair and probably, due to the economic problems of recent years, the house, as well as the gardens, are suffering from benign neglect. A sign by the door of the house reads: House is open depending on the bat contingency     The formal gardens, such as the Flower Garden and the Colonel's Garden, contain plants and shrubs that were sent home from New Zealand and Patagonia by J. D. Enys (1837-1912). Enys first probably became the home of the Enys family when Robert de Enys lived there during the reign of Edward I (1272-1307).
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This is the way the wind blows
This is the way the sea flows
This is the way the garden grows
This is the way it is
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