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20 Jan 2013
Bike ride to Starcross Steamer

A very cold bike ride to the sailing club to watch the Starcross Steamer mid-winter dinghy pursuit race.

15 Mar 2015
Starcross Steamer 2015

First cycle ride in ages. To SYC and back again for a brief watch of the Starcross Steamer pursuit dinghy race.

5 Feb 2017
Starcross Steamer 2017

Down to Starcross Yacht Club for the annual Starcross Steamer dinghy pursuit race. One hundred boats on the water.

19 Jan 2020
Starcross Steamer Bike Ride

Into Exeter for a spot of shopping and then a while at Starcross Yacht Club watching the annual Starcross Steamer dinghy race. The winds were better for cycling that for sailing.

4 Feb 2024
Topsham bike ride

Watched a bit of the Steamer at SYC. Coffee on Topsham Quay.

25 Feb 2018
Starcross Steamer

On photo / safety boat on David A's rib. A lovely cold day on the Exe Estuary in February. 93 boats on the water. Plenty of wind but not the fearsome gale of some earlier forecasts. After nearly three weeks laid up by t…

8 Apr 2012
Field walk with the doggie

Round the local fields with doggie

14 Aug 2016
A tale of two ferries

Up to buoy 45 at Topsham (off the Goat Walk) passing the Topsham to Turf ferry and then down to Starcross (to the Starcross to Exmouth ferry pier). Then round the floating cafe and back to SYC. A gorgeous day's sailing.…

16 Jun 2020
Paddle down to Starcross

The plan had been to paddle up past Topsham on the rising tide but the wind was a little strong to want to paddle back against it (and the tides were small). So it was a short paddle down to Starcross and the a float bac…

21 Oct 2020
Starcross

Work cycle ride

27 Oct 2020
Starcross bike ride

Work

28 Oct 2020
Starcross bike ride

Work

10 Nov 2020
Starcross bike ride

Work

17 Nov 2020
Starcross bike ride

Work

6 Apr 2021
Starcross ride

Battery ran out - whoops

17 Jun 2024
Paddle down to Starcross

First time out this year in the Sea Eagle 486 inflatable kayak. Wind was a bit stronger than we'd hoped (low end of a F4) so we changed out plans and paddled out against the wind and tide. Which meant an easy trip back w…

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