We hadn't used her for a number of years, as my minders had found her a bit small, and she'd been succeeded first by Tarka (who was, no prizes for guessing, an Otter dinghy) and then by Skylark, the Wayfarer we're currently using. We'd been looking after Miri, as she was safely stored in a garage, so warm and dry, but it wasn't really fair on her to keep her away from her natural watery environment for so long.
About a month ago we decided we should try and find her a new home, so we got her rigged and took lots of photos for an advert. I recommended that we put our advert on Apollo Duck as this is a great website for buyer and sellers of boats to meet.
Even though she is a very old boat, we all thought she looked great in the photos we took, and we hoped there would be at least one person wanting to give her the good home she deserved.
We were in luck; the same day the advert was published we had a call from someone who had a holiday home near Brancaster. He was learning to sail along with his two sons and felt that a Mirror would be the right boat for them. We couldn't agree more, and a deal was done.
Today was the appointed day for taking Miri over to join her new owners, as we'd got a towing hitch and they hadn't. I got up early to give Miri a final check and a pep talk, then directed the Bearmobile back to hitch up up.
It was a poignant moment when she came out the drive for the last time, but once we got to Brancaster and she met her new owners, who were very excited by her arrival, I felt a lot better and knew Miri was about to get a new lease of life and be kept very busy.
If you're a boat, being in the water is what it's all about, so we left her in Brancaster with a big smiles on our faces.
Lots of love, Eddie, Louis and all at Bears Unlimited xxx
