Jennycliff

Site of Special Scientific Interest

The exposures provide a classic section through Lower Devonian to early Middle Devonian including, the Jennycliff Slates and part of the Plymouth Limestone. The sequence is fossiliferous and has yielded a variety of groups including, corals, brachiopods, bryozoa, gastropods, rare orthoconic
nautiloids, ostracods, trilobites, crinoids and fragmentary ostracoderm and acanthodian fish remains.  In Jennycliff Bay this sequence us usually steeply inclined and flexured into open recumbent folds, sometimes with chevron form. In places the strata become overturned, dipping steeply to the south. Sedimentary structures such as graded bedding and cross-bedding can be used to establish the original ’way-up’ of the strata.

Access to the beach only at low tide; ensure that tide tables are consulted prior to visit. Walking close to the cliff top is potentially hazardous, especially during high winds. There is a potential hazard of falling boulders from the cliff top.

http://www.devon.gov.uk/geo-PSC.pdf (full geological article)

The bottom here is a sandy mud with a varying amount of seaweed litter. The trawl brings up a collection of shrimps, prawns, crabs, and small flat-fish, small wrasse, gobies, dragonets, and pipe-fish.

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Sutton Harbour

“Sutton Pool, or Sutton Harbour as it is now known, is the birthplace of the modern City of Plymouth.   The first Anglo Saxon settlers sailed in to this inlet and made their first sttlement on its shore.  Here they built thier fishing boats and mended their nets.   From here the Town grew, northwards and westwards at first, thanks to the money earned in the port through trade, and it was from here that the Pilgrim fathers sailed in 1620.”

for full article see link –

http://www.plymouthdata.info/SuttonPool.htm

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Millbay International Ferry Port

Ferrys run to Roscoff on the French Brittany coast twice a day taking an average of 8 hrs.

Taking just 24 hours, the  Santander route is reported to be the fastest direct ferry service to Northern Spain from southern England.

On board you can enjoy award-winning service and top-class facilities, including gourmet restaurants, stylish lounges and comfortable cabins.

The Basque separatist group Eta planned to plant a car bomb on a British-bound ferry sailing between the Spanish port of Santander and Plymouth as part of a new terror campaign in Summer 2001. Details of the plan were revealed after Spanish anti- terrorist police arrested seven suspected Eta members in a raid in northern Spain.

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