We took a day to explore right round the whole of Cape Cod, no sharks sighted, and I enjoyed finding some of New England's 200 lighthouses at last, first at Eastham then Truro. Due to the fragile nature of the cliffs the lighthouses have all been moved further inland. Wellfleet had been recommended as a lunch stop and just when I started to get excited about some oysters, the local speciality, I was informed that there had been a norovirus scare and none could be served! We saw the shed from where Marconi sent his first wireless message across to Europe and the place where the first communication cables arrived from France.
Princeton is at the end of the cape and was still bustling and crowded this late on in the season; I even managed to find another super-large chair here. We walked out to Race Point right at the tip and enjoyed the peaceful empty beaches and had a lovely chat with a fisherman trying to catch bluefish.
We sat and watched the third and final Trump v Clinton debate live on TV which was good fun, especially as things are just starting to get more interesting with the election date moving ever closer.
On leaving Cape Cod we called in to Plymouth, about an hour north up the coastline to do the Pilgrim history and the Mayflower ship which was all very nice. Alas, this was the end of our rural tour, from now on it was going to be cities all the way.
Next stop Boston.
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