Salcombe 2008 (v2)
Another long weekend in Salcombe....Thursday - a slow ride in the beautiful evening to Whimple and a few beers at the Fountain Inn. The 'Care in the community Glass Collector' turned out to be just a very drunk landlord. Martin the Czech barman who was not happy with his wages and his drunk boss. Jeff and Karen - nice local couple who gave me the low down on Whimple. Most dissapointed i had missed this. 3 young girls (Rachel, Anne-Marie +1) who i believe had never left the village. Being a stranger, i was fresh meat to them...even i am more interesting compared to the drunk landlord!!
Slept at my local 'spot' as rain was very likely.
Friday - up at 0545 to catch the 0700 first ferry from Kingswear to Dartmouth and Alf's. The best cafe in England.
Ride into Salcome:
...meet family Mayhew and first stop is the sweet shop:
Saturday - The Red Arrows display day.....but it rained:
So...they flew past....over in seconds:
Very dissapointing.
Late night card playing:
(i won)
Sunday was a glorious day of hanging out with delightful company:
...then the most intense sailing experience ever...on a Salcombe Yawl. A totally uncontrolable mass of wood and bronze. We cracked the mast before the start, so we lashed it up and put a smaller sail up. Starting 5 minutes late we managed marks 1 an 7 (with only minor additional splintering of the mast). Returning to 1, Patrick (owner, helmsman and my brother in law's father's sister's husband - got that?) asked 'what is that creaking?' I reasured him 'nothing'. Then the forestay broke breaking the mast. Home under the mizzen - all safe and well.
Left Salcombe and arrived home after another intense experience - a 4h blast at 90mph+ on the bike.
A memorable weekend!!!
Mr Mayhew flying past in the laser and 20knots of breeze.
- Posted by thestowe on 11/08/2008.
- thestowe's site
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