It is a lovely building, which does great ale, food, has a purpose built jetty for dinghies, 15 free moorings and wi-fi.
There is only one problem with the Oystercatcher pub................ it does not open on a Wednesday!
After tea, we sat on the boat watching the pub front door through binoculars, waiting for it to open. Paul was like a caged tiger, ready to jump into the dinghy and row ashore at the first sign of life!
Other boats arrived; people went below for showers, put on their best clothes, pumped up their dinghies' and then joined us in the vigil - staring expectantly at the door through binoculars.
Would it open at 18:00, 18:30, 19:00? A car arrived and we all got excited; until it disgorged a family who wandered up the beach. 19:30, 20:00 - surely it would open soon.
More boats arrived and the couple next to us rowed ashore. They must know something that we don't? Once there, they approached the pub; with many pairs of binoculars keenly trained on their backs!
They stared at the door, walked back to the dinghy, rowed to their boat and motored off into the mist.
Finally, we all accepted our fate - no pub tonight! Boats headed away reluctantly and the rest of us went below to see if we had any booze left in the back of a cupboard somewhere.
This sailing business really is not as much fun as it appears!
And that's not even the most remote pub in Britain!
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