Waldringfield - 12 August
Dearloves
Sun 13 Aug 2006 20:59
We are starting to acclimatise to life ashore, while trying not to let
reality hit us with too much of a bump. Last weekend we organised a
day charter for some of the friends we met on our trip - from Tamarisk, Blase
and Wild Alliance, and we had a gentle beat out to the Rough Towers, where we
bore off, rounded Medusa Buoy and returned to Levington.
Tim from Tamarisk enjoys being back behind the
wheel
It was a really good day out, although the sail seemed terribly short; we
were only on board for around 4 hours! Great to meet up with everyone
again, though and we were able to compare our re-integration experiences.
Someone had a book on how to write CVs, which was in hot demand!
Sealand aka the Rough Towers
For part of the beat we were accompanied by Duet, a 72 foot Old Gaffer
which Juliet sailed on a trip to the Baltic when she was 16 years old, and had
not seen since.
Duet
We also saw a beautiful Thames Barge from Pin Mill:
We have received some more pictures of our homecoming at the end of
July:
Approaching the Deben Bar (photo by
Victoria)
Intercepted by Persephone (photo by
Victoria)
Coming up the Deben (photo by Bridget)
The Seamark Nunn rib comes alongside (photo by
Bridget)
Finally, a cheeky shot of Pip...(by
Bridget)
Pip has summed up how we feel - she told a friend she was "sorry to stop
but happy to be home". Keoma is now on the south coast, for
sale.
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