I have just realised that, by doing this every couple of days, the timing of the days is out!

 

Never mind, you get the idea!!!!



Day 12

We left Chatham today and caught the ferry to Marthas Vineyard in glorious sunshine.

We are staying at The Mansion House in Vineyard Haven, one of the five or six tiny towns on the island.

The view from the rooftop copula where we had breakfast both mornings so far

Day 13

Today we had a drive around some of the island and took in some of the sights.  It was very leisurely as the island is only 15x4 miles.  The whole island is in winter/end of season mode so a lot of the facilities are closed or open for very short hours.

 Gay Head anyone?

Day 14

Today we 'did' the rest of the island, purposely going to Edgartown to look at the antique shops!  Oh my!!!  $4,000 for a chest of drawers from England that you could probably get for £30-£40 at Greenwich Auctions!  Needless to say, we bought nothing but spent probably three hours looking around the museum of the island and mooching around what shops were open.

 A busy day in School Lane, Edgartown, Marthas Vineyard

 One can dream.....even the car is borrowed!

Tomorrow we are up early for the ferry back to the mainland to get another ferry, this time without the car, to Block Island for two nights.

Day 11

We got up at 6.30 this morning as we had to catch the early morning ferry from Hyannis to Nantucket, an island 30 miles off the Cape Cod coast.

Hyannis itself is beautiful (the Kennedys used to holiday here) and it is a lovely day, sunshine at last

We docked in Nantucket harbour at approx. 10.40 and it was beyond expectation..............

 Nantucket Lighthouse

 

We spent the morning browsing around the very high end (read expensive!) antique shops and ended at The Whaling Museum

 Busy time in the streets of Nantucket!

 

 

We left here and had some lunch ($75 for two courses and a coffee!!!!) and waited back at the museum for a guided walking tour of the town visiting the old buildings.  Marsha, our guide, showed us around the cobbled streets and told us some tales of the people and houses, including families with the names of Coffin and Starbuck. We were out with her for over 1.5 hours.......

 

 The Starbuck House

 

 Main Street

 



 

 

We then made our way back to the museum to pick up our coats and backpack and took the short walk to the ferry terminal to catch the 16.35 ferry back to Hyannis, taking around an hour to dock back on the mainland.

 

Tomorrow we leave the luxurious Chatham Bars Inn to make our way to the car ferry for Marthas Vineyard for a few days, the weather forecast being good.