Week 11 - Saturday - Wells Next The Sea

Wells is a lovely place, with a great harbour and friendly people, but blimey......it was a scary place to get into yesterday.

The entrance all the way up to the harbour is very sandy and shallow.

The waves were breaking all the way around the entrance as the Harbour Master guided us in. It was a real roller coaster ride, with side on waves. I was struggling to keep the boat straight and within the channel.

Once past this section the fright continues due to the shallow depths. Not helped by hearing locals on the radio who had run aground!

The photo does not show it, but at this point we were 15 metres from the beach.

At one point my depth guage hit a new low of under 4 feet! I thought that we ran aground when it reached 4 foot 6.

However the chap guiding us in did a great job and after 40 buttock clenching minutes, we arrived safely.

Off to Lowestoft today/tonight - if I can pluck up the courage to leave!