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| River Avon kayaking | 2021-07-16 | Put the kayak in at Bantham back beach and then paddled up river to a few hundred yards past the bridge at Aveton Gifford.
At AG pretty much at high tide (on a neap tide) - wouldn't want to miss the timings by more than an hour or two given how that pretty much all of the Avon dries out.
Lovely trip - very, very hot.
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River Avon
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| Up river sail | 2014-08-16 | A very pleasant up river sail as far as Topsham Sailing Club. Between F2 and F4 in the estuary but died away to very little when going up the estuary. With the tide having turned, we didn't get much furtehr than TSC.
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Up river
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| West Parley visit | 2021-10-22 | Camper vanning in West Parley for a meet up with old school friends.
Went for a walk down Church Lane past the Multiple Sclerosis day centre and then on to the River Stour. Lots of Whiteley family memories / connections.
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River Stour
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| Beaulieu River to Lymington | 2019-05-22 | A short sail round from Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River to the Town Quay at Lymington. We left the peace and tranquility of the Beaulieu River and after a short sail reached the yachting mega-centre that is Lymington. Because we were so early in the sailing season we were able to tie up at Lymington Town Quay without rafting. Derek's brother and family were keen to try some sailing on his yacht so he took them out for a sail towards Yarmouth. Then a very pleasant dinner at Stanwell House Hotel. Tags:
Beaulieu River
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| Wooton Creek to Beaulieu River | 2019-05-21 | From Wooton Creek, past Cowes and Fawley and into the Beaulieu River. We left Wooton Creek and sailed across the Solent to the Beaulieu River. We motored up the river past Bucklers Hard and towards the top of the navigable river. We then moored up at Buckers Hard marina (which we feared would be frighteningly expensive but was actually quite reasonable when compared with the Poole marina and given the excellent facilities). Lunch and dinner at the Master Builders and a visit to the rather good Bucklers Hard museum. Tags:
Beaulieu River
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| River Exe Cafe | 2018-04-08 | Birthday treat at the River Exe Cafe
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River Exe Cafe
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| Sunny Corner Quay and the Tresillian River | 2015-09-23 | From the small Sunny Corner Quay on the edge of Truro round to the Tresillian River on the Fal Estuary.
Not too far today as there was a keen wind to be paddled against on the way back down the Tresillian.
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Tresillian River
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| First SYC dinghy cruise of 2015 | 2015-04-25 | An upriver dinghy cruise to start the 2015 season of SYC organised dinghy cruises. Pleasant wind - maybe F3
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Up river
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| Up river - twice | 2014-08-31 | A lovely sunny day. Wayfarer sail up river and then up river again. Winds got a bit light going up the Exe towards Topsham and the Clyst so just sailed round and round.
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Up river
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| Up river to the Goat Walk | 2012-04-28 | A trip up river to the Goat Walk before the weekend gales came in
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Up river
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| Cockwood to the Turf and back | 2014-07-20 | From Cockwood Harbour to SYC and then on to the Turf, Then back again via Bull Hill Bank so Scooby could have a bit of a run about.
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Up river
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| Up tide and up wind paddle | 2014-06-19 | A paddle against the wind and the tide towards the Turf. I would claim we had a reason for such foolery! Much quicker on the way back. Scooby's first canoe session of 2014.
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Up river
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| Evening up river dinghy cruise | 2014-06-12 | A lovely evening's sail up to the Goat Walk at Topsham. Sun and a decent wind (which only died as the last couple of boats arrived back). We had a brief detour a little way down the Clyst taking advantage of the high tide.
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Up river
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| Up river to Topsham Quay and back | 2014-04-19 | Second sail of the season up the Exe as far as Topsham Quay (where the winds got a little too light and fickle to go much further). A high tide sail so straight over "Greenland" on the way up.
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Up river
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| Up river to the Turf | 2013-04-28 | Only the 2nd dinghy sail of the year. Up river as far as the Turf in a nice gentle breeze
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Up river
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| Meandering on Exe Estuary | 2012-09-09 | Some gusts but mostly lulls on short Wayfarer sail
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Up river
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| Up river cruise to Goat Walk | 2012-05-19 | An up river dinghy cruise from SYC to the Goat Walk. Light winds on the way back. About 15 boats out.
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Up river
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| A Wednesday evening sail in dying winds | 2012-05-16 | A quick evening sail as the winds dropped away on a Wednesday evening
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Up river
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| Up river and back | 2012-05-13 | Up river to the buoy 24 and back on a fine Spring day with about a F4 sea breeze
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Up river
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