We'd set off down to the boat, with my niece in tow, planning on heading down to the Blackwater, and not sure what our plans were from there.... when Alan on Mr Tinkles (yes - that really is the name of his boat!) contacted us to say fancy meeting up to anchor at Osea Island... so that became a plan....
A completely and utterly windless trip along the wallet followed.... only made acceptable by the lovely warm weather.... it was an unexpected bonus to be in shorts and t-shirts in late September....
We entered the Blackwater, and motored towards Bradwell, where Alan keeps his boat, to be radioed as we passed the entrance saying "we're just coming out... are you far away?".... remarkable!
4nm further down the river, and we dropped the hook at Osea.... it set almost instantly.... in fact, the anchorage was so nice that we were thinking about spending the night there..... until....
We all tendered ashore replete with BBQ's and picnic equipment, to find the beach completely overrun with wasps.... so many in fact that 20 mins later we bailed out, and headed back to Bardwell....
And there, we found Full Circle and Beyond Reason..... before we knew it, Jim and I were pulling together a Chili con Carne for everyone, and we had a cockpit party under way.....
What a grand (and unexpected) evening!
Sunday dawned slowly.... we didn't need to leave until lunchtime, both to ensure enough water for the entrance, and also to get a fair tide back up the Wallet...
But sure enough, the law of sod was working well, and the wind had built to a perfect 12kts, but bang on the nose....
So, we motored.... it was greyer than Saturday, and motoring directly into the wind, with a big spring tide, we had 19kts apparent wind... and it felt cooler... much cooler....
We went back most of the way with coats on... a massive contrast to the previous day... but even so... we were out on the water...
Can't complain at what turned out to be a pretty good weekend all in all.
Miles logged 55nm
Miles this season 526nm
Miles since this blog started 4,423nm
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