The Yealm river is one of the most picturesque places we have visited over the years and we love coming back to it. Once ashore, there is a store, a pub and a yacht club a short walk away. If you land on the other side of the river you can walk to Noss Mayo and that also has a couple of pubs. It was here that Dawn French’s “The trouble with Maggie Cole.” was filmed. At low tide you can walk between Noss Mayo and Newton Ferrers across the river.
First thing on the agenda today was a trip up the mast to see if I could find the problem with the wind vane. Nothing untoward up there, connections OK., wiring ok no corrosion, so straight back down. Russell on “winch” had to go for a rest soon after. So we still have no wind instruments.
I will have to tie some streamers from the shrouds.
Russell and Nicola are leaving us on Sunday and we’d promised to show them another anchorage that we like, called The Dandy Hole. It’s on the river Lynher, on a wooded bend in the river, far enough away from the main marina’s that only a few boats venture this far.
Some never come back!
Our journey to the Dandy Hole was uneventful with next to no wind. We motored all the way, arriving to the sound of thunder, and anchoring just before it tipped down.
It turned out to be a lovely evening though, as we spent the evening playing scrabble.
4 Kidneys and a Wonky Leg 