We left our mooring and headed downriver passing the Abbey …
It’s very tiring this motoring up and down the river …
It was the Lady Yacht Club Regatta weekend and we were heading straight for the fleet!
It seemed that there were no rules! As the wind was so light there were quant poles and oars being used and one yacht had its tender being rowed and pushing it along!
All good fun and light-hearted racing.
Such a shame that the windmills are no longer working but they are still lovely to see …
We reached Acle Bridge …
and passed under it to see the Bridge Inn …
The dogs were enjoying the sunshine …
as we passed the Ferry Inn, Stokesby …
Jamie rang the Inn to book a mooring for us as it was the planned lunch stop for today – our last full day on the water.
Meanwhile we were moving on down towards the Stracey Arms Windpump ...
where we turned around and made our way back to moor at the Ferry Inn in our reserved spot …
While the boys sorted out our drinks and menu, Mike and Pam enjoyed the sun outside …
A William Southgate had been the licensee of this pub back in the 1860’s and 1870’s and he was related to me. It always seems very strange when I enter a place that is connected to my family history – it’s hard to imagine what it would have been like all those years ago.
It was now time to start heading back towards Potter Heigham passing the windmill at Thurne Dyke …
We wanted to go to Womack Water to show Pam where the webcam was that she had seen us from earlier in the year and so we passed the Hunters Yard …
and the wherry Albion’s home …
before entering the Water and slowly turning around …
We made our way back to the River Thurne and before we knew it the Herbert Woods boatyard was in sight …
Under the bridge …
and our very capable ‘Pilot’ Jamie moored us in the basin.
We’d decided to return to the yard on the afternoon before the hand-over so that we could get our vehicles out and start the job of packing them. An inquisitive grebe came to see what was going on …
It was an evening of packing, boat tidying and of course having a look at the boats for sale! Jamie however was very poorly. He’d tried one of his Dad’s mussels at lunchtime and we think it possibly didn’t agree with him.
No comments:
Post a Comment