Griff travelled down yesterday with Paul's wife, Ann. They managed to leave Manchester early enough to avoid the Bank Holiday traffic madness!
However they arrived to find it in full swing here. Padstow is a small and lovely little town. The only problem is that it can not fit in all of the tourists who want to visit - so fighting your way through the crowds becomes a way of life.
The best times here are early in the day, when there is no one around and we on the yachts are not tourist attractions!
A great camaraderie has built up between the yachts in the harbour. We all arrived at the same time to avoid the weather and are all waiting for the perfect window to escape.
Conversations are friendly and always contain an element of intelligence gathering I.e: 'Have you ever been to Ilfracombe? Ah good, are their mooring buoys............'
Lots of discussion this morning about a possible weather window tomorrow. This is complicated by lock time here, either 23:00 tonight or 11:00 tomorrow (which shortens the day for a long trip).
I suspect that there may be a convoy leaving tonight. We may join, will see what the weather does.
Just had my last pasty of the trip. I am definitely 'pastied out' after a week in Cornwall!
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