Woke to poor visibily and wind..... enough about my myopia & flatulance. The weather was a bit overcast this morning and the wind was up (force 4 from the North East). The forecast was promising and we decided to set off for Weymouth, via Lymington (for fuel) - a short hop across the Solent. Fuelling was painless only £250 and 10 minutes - easy.
We set off from Lymington at a slow pace not wanting to arrive at St Alban's Head before slack water (overfalls.. yikes!) We passed the Needles at approx 13.30 hrs and pushed West. Due to artillery activity we had to re-route 2 miles offshore to avoid Lulworth Gunnery Ranges (actively firing today) The tide eventually turned and we got 2 knots for free and arrived at Lulworth Cove @ 15-00 hrs. Not as I remembered it from my childhood (smaller, less attactive and full of chavs!)
From here we cruised past Durdle Door and onto Weymouth. The Bridge across the River Wey only opens on the even hours during the day and we arrived with minutes to spare for the 16.00 hrs opening. Then..... ultimate humiliation..... another boat called 'Stray Cat' on our starboard side... What to do ? ignore it ... pretend it wasn't there... or as we did, shout "Great name, shame your boat is soooo small !!!!"
Having had all sorts of problems getting online tonight (over 1 hr to get started on blog) we will sign off now... we will let the photos do the talking....
Night,night, hope the gribble worms don't bite. Tim & Shaun xxxx
2 comments:
Ahoy - we (col + s-c) will be with you tomorrow night, sadly we can't get away earlier sorry...but really looking forward to boarding ;0) If you need supplies please let us know...ttfn
ps (s-c) have your legs caught up with your face yet (in the tanning race ;0)
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