Saturday 3 October 2009

Stalham to South Walsham

After an early night we were awake by 7.10am and following breakfast and a top-up of water, we left the Staithe and motored across Barton Broad on our way back to Stalham ...

We moored at the Staithe and walked around to the yard to hand over our keys and pick up a few extra bits from the RV for the boat. We were on the move again by 10.15am ...

heading for Ludham Bridge as we were expecting visitors! We'd received a phone call the previous evening from Jamie and Phill to say they were coming to see us and would meet us at the bridge. It was a pretty gusty day and this Hunter yacht passed us well reefed down ...

We met the boys, had a coffee and then as they wanted to shop at Lathams in Potter Heigham, we set off for St Benet's Abbey where we'd arranged to meet again for lunch. We moored up ...

and after lunch we took a trip to South Walsham with Jamie at the helm ...

When we got back to the Abbey moorings we took the dogs for a walk across the field ...

before having to say goodbye to the lads. It was very sad to see them walk off and I think they really wished they could have been on the holiday with us.

The original plan was to spend the night here but as it was blowing a gale we thought it best to tuck ourselves up at South Walsham where we'd get a bit of protection from the wind.

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