The Rest of the Year

My regular reader will be aware, but probably not unduly concerned, that my blogging has become erratic.  Anyway, to continue and in summary ….

12 June 2021

From Dale (Wales) to Padstow (England). Currently both places are in the UK.

70 miles. No problems.  I found the entry to Padstow harbour challenging but we didn’t hit anything.

14^th June 2021

Padstow to Penzance

G7 were having a jamboree in Cornwall so the navy had her new aircraft carrier standing off to protect everyone from invasion and attack. I thought she was “stealth design” but she showed up nicely on my new radar.   We had a good day sailing around Lands End but found Newlyn full up with boats even anchored outside the harbour.  To PZ instead.  We like PZ.  We said “Goodbye” to Al.

16 June 2021

To Cawsand Bay.

Lovely supper at anchor with Jonathan and Sally.

17^th June 2021

To Dartmouth and home again.

10^th July 2021

To Teignmouth to see Lizzy and family and back home on 12^th.

17^th July 2021

To Scabbacombe Bay for a swim and the night then off to Weymouth.

3 nights in Weymouth. 2 meals with Helen and family, lunch and a lovely walk with Martin and Julie and swims on Weymouth beach to keep cool.  UK was having a “heat wave”.

On our last night in Weymouth we were woken by a soldier from a neighbouring boat who came down into Albatross at about 0400 hours having presumably mistaken us for his own boat.  I shouted a lot and he went away.

21^st July 2021

To Ringstead Bay for lunch, a swim and the night, then back to Dartmouth on 22^nd. Omelette for supper and home next morning.

16^th August

To Albatross for the night then off to Braye on 17^th.  

We sailed all the way!  F4 broad reach most of the way and a slightly hairy entrance to the harbour in F6 by the lee.   Braye has a new harbour master who appears to be making a name for himself. Enough said.

After a night at anchor in strict isolation and quarantine in Braye harbour, we were shuttled ashore for COVID screening.  Having filled in various forms on the “Travel Tracker” and having paid (twice) for this privilege, we were each issued with a packet of testing kits.  The extremely nice and helpful nurses then told us to go back to our boat, test ourselves for COVID and (assuming the results were negative) stick a “Cleared” sticker on a boat window, and from then on we could come and go on Alderney as we pleased.   We were also given some very striking yellow coloured bracelets to wear if we wanted to go ashore in Guernsey.  We did our tests. Remarkably they were negative.

Lovely stay on Alderney (with J and S and family again) then off to Guernsey on 20^th

20^th August

To St Peters Port ?

We wizzed down the Swinge  and on down to Herm for lunch (Belvoir Bay) then through Persee Passage to Beaucette Marina (for a change).  We were welcomed ashore without need for our yellow bracelets and spent a very happy 5 days exploring the island. We even fitted in a Parkrun.

25^th August 2021

To Dartmouth.

I was a bit frightened about our exit from Beaucette Marina and about the weather generally, but in the event  we had an easy crossing and sailed almost all the way.

Tuesday 21 September

Our Autumn Cruise

Up at 0730.  We took “the green thing” down the Dart (powered by our new electric outboard motor),  left our mooring at 1100 and arrived in Cawsand Bay at 1545. A nice swim around the boat (twice), supper aboard and a quiet night at anchor.

22^nd September

To the Yealm.  Easy berthing on the nearer pontoon (and we didn’t hit anything). A nice walk and supper at the pub.

23^rd September

To Salcombe and The Bag.

24^th September to Kingswear and home again.

Next Year, hopefully  Scotland, The Western Isles.