Helford to Newlyn 23st Aug.

Home sweet home, let’s do it all again. Thanks to all who have followed our trip, suggestions for the next one greatfully recived.

 

Plymouth to Newlyn bypass.

 

Fine start to the day at Helford.

 

Manacle point.

 

 

Culdrose SAR training on the Blackhead he abseiled down the cliff.

 

Uphill down dale past the Lizard and that’s with no wind.

 

Someone parked this right in the road between the Lizard and Newlyn.

 

Newlyn.

Plymouth to Helford 22st Aug.

 

Anchored off the Dodman one fishing a wreck and one would make a good wreck.

 

Rock of the month (August Rock).

Cherbourg to Salcombe 20th Aug and Salcombe to Plymouth 21st Aug .

We bought the Sunshine with us but nothing came close enough to pohtograph.

You can’t have wanted it as it was like this in Salcombe bag.

Not so flat today but Sunny.

Plymouth.

Cherbourg 19th Aug.

Forced day in Cherbourg fog stopped play.

Cherbourg breakwater with fog bank just outside which filled most of the Channel it would seem.

These nice Boys are up and down the pontoon every ½ hour or so with their whippet, from their little speedboat come motorboat. Up to what I wonder.

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue to Cherbourg 17th and Cherbourg 18th Aug.

Pointe de Barfleur bypass.

Tea if you are clever enough.

Le Groom serenading the crowd and individuals if you looked vulnerable in one of the squares.

Grandcamp to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue 16th Aug.

After a day in Grandcamp for weather.

Like Ducks.

Saint-Vaast Marina.

Oyster beds.

Handy if you have a drying mooring.

Honfleur to Grandcamp 14th Aug.

First day back at sea.

Grandcamp.

It rains here to.

Low tide and we counted about 80 people shrimping.

Caudebec-en-Caux to Honfleur 13th Aug.

Just to end our River and Canal experience at 2 30 in the morning this river cruise boat wanted our berth.

Smart car ferry.

Dredging the channel below Tancarville bridge.

Tracarville canal to Le Havre.

Air lift dredger.

Like most tidal buoy’s spend all their time steaming and getting nowhere.

Rouen to Caudebec-en-Caux 12th Aug.

Don’t hold out much hope for our bottle making it to sea, this lump past by us heading upstream just as we turned in on Fri night. Took this shot just as we were leaving on Sun morning its heading upstream again.

Downstream from Rouen if you can only steam at five knots you can’t make Honfleur in one tide. These boys past us twice both times we caught them, when they had to stop for fuel.

Barge pusher on the slip.

                                                                       Memorial at Caudebec-en-Caux.

Luckily these big Ships have to slow down for a Pilot next to the Promenade pontoon we moored on.

There are only two realistic stops between Rouen and Honfleur both on the River side the we choose Caudebec-en-Caux 68 kilometres 5 ½ hours then you lose the tide and need to wait 4 hours for it to turn again. With 45 kilometres still to run and not allowed to move in the dark we had to spend the night. Which is fine if no Ships pass Washing machine syndrome if they do.

The wake just keeps bouncing back and forth off the banks.