by Peter van der Walt | Aug 24, 2022 | Photos
Drake’s Island was given to the privateer (read ‘pirate on our side’) Francis Drake. It guards the entrance to Plymouth Sound. From the woods around Mount Edgcombe, you can see different angles of the city, the sound, and Drake’s Island. The...
by Peter van der Walt | May 18, 2022 | Photos
A monastery, with castle high walls, on an island. That’s one way to say: we don’t like visitors. But then, this old landmark does like visitors. And when the tide is low, you can walk there. During high tides, the island is perfectly isolated – a...
by Peter van der Walt | Jun 14, 2021 | Photos
Only accessible to research staff – this island contains a single uninhabited hut. Once home to a woman and her children, the island is now pretty much abandoned. There is something cool about the idea of having an island to yourself – just living away...
