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Felt we really needed to stretch our legs so took the dinghy down to town, stored our buoyancy aids in the lifeboat lockers. We took an empty gas bottle to the shop to buy a refill and they agreed to hold on to it until we came back from our walk. Had a great walk […]

Decided we would anchor further up the estuary as it is quieter and less expensive than being on a buoy. You still pay to anchor, but not so much. First of all, however, we went over to the transit pontoon (30 minute stay) to fill up with water. The tank was quite empty so it

The forecast was for rain and drizzle so whilst it was damp but not really raining, we blew up the dinghy and headed ashore. The first stop was the sailing club for a very welcome shower and then after a coffee we went to the shops and generally mooched around. It was really raining by

Woke up to a lovely morning and as we were thinking about lifting the anchor two canoeists approached us and we realised it was friends Mike and Janet Gurney that we knew from Marchwood YC. They have now moved down to the West Country and we hadn’t realised we were anchored next to their gaffer,

Not a bad night at anchor but unfortunately when we were ready to leave, what little wind there was, had a lot of easterly in it. After a quick look into Mevagissey harbour we spent the day sailing and motoring towards Plymouth. As we approached Rame Head under engine a yacht we passed hailed us