Discovering Stonehouse

< These photos were taken on the 10.30 sailing. He are Nigel, the Tamar Belle and her crew arriving from the berth at Cremyll

< And an eager crowd of trippers from all round the city. You can see that it was a bright sunny morning at Admirals Hard...to start with

< Here is Nigel starting his commentary

We passed the backs of the houses on Strand Street >

The old Telegraph Dock had water in it >

The main gate into the Royal William Yard >

< The end of the Slaughterhouse, showing the door which was used for cattle arriving at the Slaughterhouse by water

< A detail of one of the buildings

< One side of the swingbridge into the Basin

The Brewhouse from the Basin >

Looking out from the Basin, showing both halves of the swingbridge >

Part of the Yard which is undergoing renovation >

< Gated steps from the water into the Yard

< Fishing at Devil's Point

< The Henrician tower at Devil's Point

And again >

Second World War fortifications at Western King >

And again >

< The magnificent sweeping wall of the Royal William Yard

< The gate is the wall where cattle could enter the Yard at certain states of the tide

< The Artillery Tower

The Gazebo within the Yard is just visible over the wall >

Another view of the gate for the cattle >

Nazareth House, built on the site of the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe's Winter Villa >

< One of Lord Mount Edgcumbe's beaches below the Winter Villa

< Rounding the corner of Eastern King, with the huge WW2 grain silo clearly visible

< An old fortification at Eastern King

Fort within the Royal Marine Barracks, Stonehouse >

The Longroom above the water (not to be confused with the older Stonehouse Longroom) >

A side view of the old Lifeboat Station >

< Another view of the old Lifeboat Station

< The old grain silo

< Entering Millbay Docks, home of Brittany Ferries

The front of the old Lifeboat Station>

Brittany Ferries have a blue livery!   >

An unusual closeup view of the grain silo built in 1940 to allow North American grain to be landed at Plymouth >

< One of the huge structures used by the ferries

< and another one...

< and another...

In the distance is the Duke of Cornwall Hotel, with turret used to spot liners entering Plymouth Sound >

The grain silo from the east >

Storage tanks >

< Part of the South Quay which enclosed the Inner Basin

< The remains of Trinity Pier (see map above)

< Part of the South Quay

An old capstan survives in the wilderness >

West Hoe House, and in the water part of the rusting remains of Brunel's original dock construction >

The Duke of Cornwall again >

< The side of Millbay Pier, looking towards Drake's Island

< The remains of Millbay Pier again

< Trinity Pier

Millbay Marina >

and the Wiltun Hotel >

Millbay Marina again >

< The old Custom House, now Plymouth Lifeboat Station

< The Wiltun Hotel at the end of Grand Parade

< The whole of the terrace

More buildings in Grand Parade >

And more... >

West Hoe, with the Holiday Inn in the background >

< The newly-refurbished Collonades - and a rather choppy sea

< Looking out to sea in the same choppy water. A few passengers got wet - but there was more to come...

< On the return leg, passing two vessels moored in the Sound

A close-up of Drake's Island >

Mount Wise with its landmark scupture and the Scott Memorial >

The former LSWR stationmaster's house at Ocean Quay Station where many passengers returning from North America landed >

< Boats in a yard at Stonehouse Pool

< Cottages on Richmond Walk, previous visited at part of the A Naval Tradition programme

< The rocky outcrop above Richmond Walk

Devonport Hill flats in the distance >

The fishermen's hut below Stonehouse, or Ha'penny, Bridge >

Lastly, a movie shot as the boat rounded the end of Millbay Pier >