Headed south under sail in the seas off the African coast just at the point northern Europe was suffering extreme weather last week seemed a sensible way to take a break whilst enjoying some warmness making to the islands of winter sun – the Canaries. But not a bit of it – strong blows of 30 knots and more and tall seas of 5 metres took hold of our not so little vessel as we slid down the fronts the long swell at record speeds with a degree control interjected by some adrenaline moments at all times of day and night from dolphins to ...
Lyme Regis: 7th September 2013: a world record achieved by over 2200 people each playing on their own guitar a Buddy Holly classic Rave On as an annex to the Food Rocks festival in the town over the weekend . The dramatic storms heading to the coast from an otherwise bright horizon punctuated a marvellous afternoon that did not deter the guitar holding food loving assemblage in manageable numbers that did not threaten or overpower this very good-looking place with so much going on all year.
Just about 5pm looking out to Helford and the only storm of the day caught against an early evening sky gave an extraordinary light to the river full of moorings tugging hard against the outgoing tide. The houses peeping from the wooded bluff just this side of Frenchman's Creek and along to the utterly transformed Shipwrights Arms together with a proper village shop with proper food and slow dough bread make for something that is hard to beat for a change and a rest. Get up to the Shipwrights for a real surprise 01326 231235
Beer the place, not the drink just along from Seaton, has a very English feel and with a windy but clear prospect of a day people huddle in quite big family groups clothed colourfully and soaking up the local fresh crab sandwiches with mugs of tea from Ducky's beach café whilst sailing, mackerel fishing and swimming goes on all around with a constant swishy-wash of the millions of pebbles shelving at the waterline.
When I set out from Algeciras on the south coast of Spain to part walk/ part use public transport to get home (more…)
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