Sunny Salcombe

Today we left Salcombe and came to Fowey (pronounced Foy) and it is great. We had such a friendly welcome from the harbour patrol and then took a water taxi to a great harbour view pub terrace. Oh yes and I should probably talk about the sailing... We had a lie-in and patiently waited, mark produced a brillient duck egg omelette with onion and mushrooms. Then we left Salcombe to turn south round the Bolt Head in slack water and set off on the 34 mile journey to Fowey. It is 1st June 2021.


Keen to get started we then had a problem raising the main sail. The clip on the second slider (technical stuff this) somehow got jammed and we mucked about turning into wind before eventually sorting that out. We sailed downwind but it did not last for long and soon we had to resort to motor sailing. To be honest the day turned into a calm motor boat trip. We were a bit fed up but took turns to have a sleep and then had a brilliant meeting with a school of porpoises who played around the boat for ten minutes. It was plenty of time for Pete to realise that his phone was on photo not video but he was so excited that it never crossed his mind. So we got some strange photos of vague glimpses of porpoise but honest guv I was lying on the prow and could have reached out and stroked that porpoise. Pete has nearly got over it.


Now need to go for a curry so wifi ending very soon...

On wifi again and big shout for Sunny Spice in Fowey... this is a great south Indian restaurant and definitely should be on your schedule if you are passing this way.



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