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    • Davide LocatelliThe South-West Coast Path 2
      Day 9

      Waiting The Ferry

      August 5, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

      We didn't know if the ferry would have come or not to bring us on the other side. After some moments of uncertainty and a bit of hurry caused by the very bad windy weather, we discovered we had to put the sign on the yellow side to be identified by the lookout post. Finally, thanks to the sign, the ferry came but just for us. In fact, once arrived to the other side, they closed the service.Read more

    • TravelerUK Family Visit 2019
      Day 23

      Hennock Devon

      August 11, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

      Went to the Hennock Country Fayre - Vintage Rally Horse and Dog Show in Devon - truly out in the beautiful countryside! A real old fashion show!! Cooper rode a horse and looked at his favorite ‘tractors’ - Tom’s sister Hannah and her horse won 3rd prize in the horse show - we then drove through a part of Dartmoor National Park and enjoyed a lovely lunch and afternoon with Liz and Rick.Read more

    • TravelerSouth West Coast Path Leg 4
      Day 4

      Helford

      June 3, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Just waiting at the ferry crossing to hitch a ride across Helford river, but it doesn't run until 9:30 am, it's the first of three ferries on route today. Got talking to a charming old chap called Trevor Lee who was sat by the crossing too, turns out he is waiting for the signal to start his section of a relay run across the south west coast path! He said 60 runners are trying to break the record and run the whole path nonstop in 5 days, and his section starts in about ten minutes. He also records a podcast while running and wrote a book about his experience of running 44 miles aged 60, pretty coolRead more

    • TravelerAuf nach Cornwall
      Day 3

      Die letzten Sonnenminuten in Helford

      April 11, 2017 in England ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      Ein Plätzchen schöner als das andere - die letzten Minuten des Tages verbringen wir in Helford. Ein Spaziergang von unseren Parkplatz in das kleine Dörfchen direkt am Fluss gelegen - unsere Beine sind müde, die Schritte werden langsamer - aber wir genießen die Schläfrigkeit und Stille in diesem Ort, in dem die Zeit still zu stehen scheint.

      https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/Helford
      https://www.helfordcottages.co.uk      Read more

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    • TravelerA cosy boat
      Day 17

      Helford River via Falmouth

      June 13, 2017 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      As the early hours caught up with me I found I was having the odd brief sleep between the alarms. There was no traffic even though I was near the major port of Plymouth.

      The wind at last had eased and the seas calmed by 04.00 and I was able to increase speed as well as taking out the reefs at dawn.
      I kept the Eddystone rocks well to starboard and set a course for Falmouth reaching the harbour mouth at 10.00.
      I dropped the main and motored up to the fuel berth on the visitors yacht haven where I was assisted in tieing up by the friendly fuel attendant. .

      I began filling the tank and was almost full when Chris & Eddie arrived.
      With their help I moved Eureka around the corner to another pontoon which had just been vacated by a Fisher 34, flying a very large and I mean large Irish ensign.

      We went to a café to catch up on news and where I had breakfast.
      Strangely I was still feeling bright but expected that I'd be having a very early night later.

      Maeve was flying into Newquay and driving to Falmouth the following day but seeing that Chris & Eddie had spent the last few days in Falmouth and had seen it all, we decided to overnight in the Helford River just a short distance south and return to collect Maeve tomorrow.

      The three of us did some provisioning before departing Falmouth.
      We hoisted full sail just outside the harbour and had a lovely gentle sail in light winds to Helford with Chris on the helm as I took a back seat.
      We sailed in under main, down the fairway and the crew on one of the moored yachts shouted "Nice to see it being done proper".
      We were still smiling and congratulating ourselves when we picked up a visitor mooring.

      We stowed the sails and tidied the boat before blowing up the dinghy and going ashore.
      The pontoon we tied the dinghy to was private and had an honesty box for payment, all very Cornish.
      We walked the short distance to Helford village and had a lovely meal in the 'Shipwright Arms' before returning to Eureka where I headed to bed at 22.30 much later than I expected.      Read more

    • TravelerA cosy boat
      Day 19

      Trebah Gardens

      June 15, 2017 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Today we planned to visit Trebah Gardens on the north side of the river.

      We got the water taxi to collect us from Eureka but for some reason Maeve and I didn't go ashore until an hour after Chris and Eddie.

      We headed on the short walk uphill to the gardens and met up again with Chris and Eddie.
      It was very hot so we were delighted when we got to the shades of the trees in the gardens.
      Chris had been at the gardens before as her niece had got married there and I discovered that the house and gardens had been old by Donald Healey the car designer of 'Austin Healey' fame.

      Once we were finished our exploring we thought about dinner.
      We wanted to have dinner ashore at a restaurant near the north harbour but discovered that they were not serving until 17.00 which was too late to get the water taxi back to Eureka.
      Instead we got the taxi to being me back to Eureka to get the dinghy for later while the rest got dropped off on the south shore where the Cotter's kindly treated us to dinner in the Shipwright.

      Once back onboard we made straight for our berths as we have an early start tomorrow      Read more

    • TravelerSummer 2021-Covid Free
      Day 40

      Water exploration

      June 1, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      After a slow snakey paddle to the yacht club to check out the depth of water on the pontoon, we need a drink. Basic error...we forgot to put the fins in the bottom of the csnoe so had no steerage against the tide and wind!
      We take a little walk through Helford Village,, calm down,grab a coffee(?) and head back to Fino happy we can get Fino alongside tomorrow to top up our living water 💧      Read more

    • TravelerA cosy boat
      Day 18

      Brief return to Falmouth

      June 14, 2017 in England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      After a long breakfast in the morning sun we got ready to leave Helford to pick up Maeve in Falmouth.
      We hoisted sail outside and had a broad reach north towards Falmouth.
      Unfortunally the winds were so light that we had give up after an hour and turn on the engine to motor the rest of the way.

      We tied up again at the visitors yacht haven where they only charged me GB£3 instead of the GB£11 that it should have been.
      When I explained that we were only staying long enough to collect someone they asked what was the length of our tender and charged us for that and not for Eureka's length.

      When Maeve arrived we went to have something to eat while Chris & Eddie went to get provisions and we met back at the boat at 16.00 and set sail for Helford with stronger winds on the way back and we again sailed up into the river.
      Most of the visitor moorings were full but strangely the one we had left this morning was still free, we took it!

      Later once Maeve had settled in, we went ashore to the Helford Sailing Club where we had showers and followed it with dinner upstairs in the dining room with a lovely view of the river.

      We had to make two trips out to Eureka and because it was pitch dark I found I wasn't far enough enough away from the shore until the outboard hit a bottom and that was the end of motoring out to Eureka.

      Eddie and I rowed out to Eureka and but with the tide against us it took so long that Chris and Maeve thought we had gone to the pub instead.

      After an explanation of the cause our delay and a cuppa, we headed to bed.      Read more

    • TravelerSummer 2021-Covid Free
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      Day 53

      Off to the Helford River

      June 14, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Time to go and find showers and a washing machine!
      Lovely trip back down the river and settled in after taking on water at the yacht club - rather nerve racking as the tide was on the way out and the pontoon level dropped below 2m!
      Eric starts his engine checks so I head of to find showers and a washing machine! 3 hours later I finally get back after getting stranded on the low tide at the yacht club-good news i got the washing done, bad news showers closed!      Read more

    • TravelerSummer 2021-Covid Free
      Day 39

      Off to the Helford River

      May 31, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Very excited today as we have been told so much about this place and it was always in our mind where we wait for good weather before starting our final leg to cross to the Scillies.
      Definitely not disappointed on arrival but interesting sail as very choppy easterly winds . Lovely setting for our first evening watching the sun go down......I even burnt my knees!Read more

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