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Off early to pick up our hire car and set off straight to Chetnole for Joe and Anne’s 50th wedding anniversary. The traffic was heavy going in the opposite direction towards the West Country, but we had no problems. A great party at the local pub with lots of relatives and friends including Joe and […]

Our visit to Torquay was pre-planned because we are going to a 50th wedding anniversary party near Yeovil the next day. We have hired a car and the marina in Torquay is pre-booked for 3 nights. Richard was best man at Joe and Anne’s wedding all those years ago, and friends at school in Middlesbrough

Richard was off for another long session of paddle boarding in rather wet and overcast weather. Then it was time to get ready to meet Anne’s brother Peter and Anne’s school friend, Anna and her husband, also called Pete. Anne’s brother met us on the pontoon at Dittisham and we took to ferry over to

First thing we inflated the paddle board and Anne was off for a few circuits of the moorings. We had towed the dinghy from Salcombe so it was available as a rescue boat. No falling in, so no rescue necessary. Very impressive. Richard decided to postpone his attempt at paddle boarding until later so we

No a very good night as there were some strong wind gusts and Harvard was veering around on the anchor. So we prepared for sea, left the anchorage just after 09:00 BST and motored slowly downstream. Raised the mainsail and found a really rough sea just off Salcombe Harbour even though the wind was not