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| St Anthony Head hound walk | 2014-09-11 | Too windy for canoeing (F5/6 from the east) so a yomp with the hound around St Anthony Head. Top walk with just about the right amount of up and downiness.
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King Harry Ferry
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| Picklecombe to King William dockyard | 2012-11-26 | From Fort Picklecombe to Mount Edgecumbe and then across the Cremyl Ferry to the King William dock yards. Fearnley Whittingstalls River Cottage Canteen wouldnt serve us. Something about a wet muddy dog. Their loss. The Stable at Mount Edgecumbe did us a lovely cauliflower soup and pampered Scooby with dog biscuits.
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King William dockyard
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| Studland and Old Harry Rocks | 2021-10-24 | Over the chain ferry at Sandbanks and on to Studland for a walk past Old Harry Rocks and up Ballard Down.
Rain came in - as predicted - in the second half of the walk. Quite a breezy day with overfalls to the south of Old Harry.
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Old Harry Rocks
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| 2200 miles cycled this year | 2017-12-30 | With the start of Storm Dylan bringing in some winds, I cycled just far enough to reach 2200 miles in 2017 (and far enough to prove I'd finally fixed the slow puncture that had been giving me grief).
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Topsham Ferry
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| Fowey to Megavissey | 2018-09-03 | A walk down into Fowey and then a ferry from Fowey to Megavissey. On the trip into Fowey the ferry had spotted a large whale and porpoises but no such luck on our trip.
From Megavissey, we walked round to Portmellon.
The 26 miles wasn't all dog walking - it includes the return ferry distance!
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Ferry
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| Helford River | 2018-09-06 | A short walk down to one of our favourite canoeing spots on the Helford - without a canoe this time.
This is where Scooby previously learnt to swim just for the fun of it so Liz was keen to take him back for another paddle.
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Ferry Boat Inn
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| Topsham ferry cycle ride | 2020-03-17 | A sort, quick ride to Topsham Ferry - to get a ride in before Liz goes to work.
Would probably have broken 11 mph average if not stopping at Spar for provisions.
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Topsham Ferry
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| Short post work ride | 2020-03-19 | Up to the Topsham foot ferry with Liz after work.
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Topsham foot ferry
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| Kirkwall to Westray ferry | 2026-05-17 | From Kirkwall on the mainland across to Rapness on the island of Westray.
Some strong (4.5 knot) currents (according to Navionics) on the way. Liz very grateful that the strong winds from the north had abated for a while as the 4.5 knot current was flowing northerly. Still a little rolly for a little while. Hound was a wuss dog on the ferry as usual.
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Ferry
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| Lerwick to Aberdeen ferry | 2026-06-11 | Ferry back from Lerwick on Shetland to Aberdeen.
As we were in the last remaining pet friendly cabin down in the ships bilges somewhere, the GPS didn't have a signal most of the time so the track is a little "creative" (i.e. we didn't actually go over part of Scotland's land mass on the way).
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Ferry
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| Night on the town in Lerwick | 2026-06-10 | Ferry back over as foot passengers from Bressay to Lerwick for an early evening trip round the town.
A pint in the Thule Bar followed by dinner and a pint in The Dowry followed by live folk music and a couple of pints upstairs in The Lounge.
Talented musicians but I'll take The Joyce Gang in The Hourglass for preference!
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Ferry
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