Category: South Coast of England
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Dartmouth to Weymouth
28th August 2012 Log 8773 We sat on the boat on Monday evening in Dartmouth wondering if the weather would improve. It was wet and squally, well very wet and squally. The forecast was poor, SW 4-5 but 5-7 later, although the grib files showed a good chance of a pleasant sail in mainly force…
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Dartmouth
Another appalling day of constant rain and strong winds so we decided to go for a walk out around the headland. We visited the very highly recommended Alf Resco cafe but it was packed with queues on the street so we had to give it a miss. We stopped off to look at…
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Plymouth to Dartmouth
26th August 2012 Log 8744 Approx. Distance 38nm Grit caught the train back to London on Saturday morning and Gudrun was coming down in the evening. It rained stair rods all day so I wasn’t missing out on anything. A few boaty jobs got done and then I donned full foul weather gear to meet Gudrun at…
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TR2 Theatre Royal Plymouth Workshops
As we were in Plymouth, Grit and I thought it would be really nice to visit the TR2 centre which is the impressive workshop base for the Theatre Royal Plymouth. We phoned Julie Perrin who is actually a freelance scenic artist who leases the large paint frame. TR2 was immediately very impressive, new, and on…
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Falmouth to Plymouth
Log 8710. Distance approximately 40nm. Again the forecast was slightly uncertain. The shipping forecast said SW force 6-7 later but I could see no sign of it troubling our trip. The grib files showed light winds for at least 24 hours. So we decided to leave at 06:45 GMT. Barometer reading 1004. There wasn’t enough…
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Falmouth Art Gallery
This was a very pleasant surprise. A relatively small gallery but with some fine works interspersed with quirky working models with wind up handles. These acted as a great “eye rest” from viewing too many paintings. I particularly liked a painting by Sir Frank Brangwyn called Construction of South Pier Mevagissey. There were some good…
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Aberystwyth towards Falmouth
Log 8498 Distance approx 230nmGrit and I arrived in Aber (as they call it) on Thursday 17th August to have a day preparing and provisioning before setting off towards Falmouth. We went to the Christopher Williams exhibition again where I was surprised to meet Jannicke (I’ll put up a nice picture of her later). In…