We'll be back with more caravanning news soon, but first a boating update.
Do you remember Miri, our Mirror dinghy moving on to her new home recently? Well we've had another departure since then; our Canadian canoe has also found a new home.
I gave her a good clean and a lot of t.l.c before she left. The nice thing is that we remain in touch with her new owners so I hear lots about her exciting new life, and all the fun she is having - it's very heartening.
You could be forgiven for thinking that, with 2 boat departures, we'd gone off boating. Far from it; it's our free time that we're short of, not enthusiasm for boats. We're also planning on being a bit more selective and lightweight. We've already bought an inflatable double kayak to take with us on holidays and we're hoping to buy a 'sit on' canoe soon.
Of course we also have our Wayfarer dinghy, Skylark, to keep us busy. We'd planned to take her out on Friday morning but when we got to Morston quay we found ...
... water absolutely everywhere - talk about a very high tide. In our picture you see what wold normally be car park covered with water and the usual jetties (by the posts) for getting to boats, especially seal trip boats, unreachable unless you were prepared to roll up your trousers and wade.
The big high tide wouldn't have stopped us going out, and it would have allowed a longer outing than usual. However the really strong wind, pushing the tide in, was the problem. To get out into Blakeney pit would have had to fight wind and tide.
I was game for an adventurous sail, but my crew were nervous and my golden rule is to put my crew first. We watched some other people trying to sail and it was good spectator sport. Each boat we watched hot into difficulties and had to give up and return before getting very far. We knew then that staying ashore had been the right decision.
We decided to take a walk along the coast path to Blakeney to see how it was faring with the high tide. As you can see, the usually fairly narrow creek was rather wide and more of a lake. The footpath along the quay was under water as was half of the road in front of the Blakeney Hotel. The poor old fun fair was suffering the worst though. It had located on the car park and the whole of the car park was covered in water. You can see the dodgems, not quite floating, but definitely not going anywhere.
Paws crossed for some calmer weather soon.
Lots of love, Eddie and all at Bears Unlimited xxx
SJ254784 - nr Llanfair Hill - 430 m
8 years ago
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Oh dear - very wet as you say. Doesn't look like this Bank Holiday weekend will be the best boating weather either Eddy!
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