Woke up to thick fog or mist but by the time we were due to leave it had cleared a little and we set off for Fowey. There was a little bit of wind from the southwest but it never came to anything, so much to Richard’s annoyance we motorsailed the whole way for about […]

Woke up to a grey and damp morning but we were determined to be ashore and visit Glendurgan Garden, a National Trust property. After preparing the dinghy we headed across the river and left the dinghy on the beach at Durgan. Walked up to the main road to the main entrance, the lower entrances being

Well the wind arrived and it would have been foolhardy to try to use the dinghy. We had already deflated it and lashed it on deck as we didn’t want it taking off. We were at anchor with three other yachts and they didn’t seem keen to go anywhere either. There was very little sailing

The wind was round to the west, quite strong and kicked up quite a chop which meant that we were very wet once we had taken the dinghy up to the Helford River Sailing Club. We made use of the washing machine there and the showers before heading off for a really great lunch at

Now we knew we were well anchored, having been through a tide cycle, we went ashore, left the dinghy on the beach and took the footpath to St Mawes. It was quite busy so, after buying a sandwich for lunch, we were happy to head out of town away from the crowds to take a