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| Ore Stone and back - Chaos | 2015-09-26 | Trial SYC "race" from Exe safe water mark, round the Teignmouth outfall buoy, round the Ore Stone and back to the Exe SWM.
A really great day's sailing. Relaxed and sunny on the downwind leg to the Ore Stone and really good sailing on the upwind leg back to the Exe SWM. The wind moved round a little to the east on the way back making (for us) a straight line sail; pretty much all the way back.
The "Chaos" in the title refers the the race's putative title - "CHase Around the Ore Stone"
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Teign Outfall Buoy
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| Dinghy sail to Dawlish | 2013-08-10 | Down from SYC, to the fairway buoy and on to the little harbour at the far end of Dawlish.
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Fairway buoy
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| Up to buoy 45 | 2017-08-19 | Quite a "feisty" sail as the weather did pretty much what was forecast - which was F4 gusting F5. They were fairly big gusts on the way out. Ran aground near the Turf Locks - whoops - and mutinous crew made the captain get out and push us off.
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Buoy 45
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| Out to the fairway buoy | 2018-07-28 | A windy sail - as expected. We went out just past the fairway buoy but as it was very gusty - 31 knots / mid force 7 - we snuck back in just before the tide got too low to return to the mooring.
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Fairway buoy
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| Liz's first safety boat drive | 2018-08-25 | Liz's first safety boat drive since getting her "Power Boat 2" training.
An out to sea dinghy cruise - out as far as the fairway buoy anyway.
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Fairway Buoy
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| Thalmia launched | 2019-04-06 | Thalmia was craned in at Topsham Quay and then we went for a quick sail just out past the fairway buoy.
The wind was up and down a lot. From nothing in the estuary to about 23 knots out at sea.
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Fairway Buoy
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| Dinghy cruise to fairway buoy | 2019-06-01 | An excellent dinghy cruise. A steady F3 most of the time. Lunch at the beach cafe and then out as far as the fairway buoy. Pretty slow tacking out from the beach cafe to Maer Rocks as a lightish wind and the tide was now starting to flood in.
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Fairway Buoy
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| Dogmarsh Bridge to Fingle Bridge | 2013-01-13 | Along the Teign Valley below Castle Drogo. First sun in weeks but it doesnt get high enough to reach the floor of the gorge. Scooby celebrated by going AWOL for 5 minutes.
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Teign Valley
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| Dogmarsh Bridge to Fingle Bridge | 2015-03-28 | With Liz and Julian from Dogmarsh Bridge to Fingle Bridge.
Wedding at pub at Fingle Bridge meant no river side drinkies.
Wedding ring finger got bitten by something again - finger badly swollen but not anywhere near as painful as last time (but only just got the wedding ring off before the swelling was too great).
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Teign valley
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| Dogmarsh Bridge Fingle Bridge | 2015-10-19 | Along the Teign Valley as the trees start to change colour for the autumn.
We've done this walk a few times before but it was unusual this time due to the "art in the woods" (see the photos) and Castle Drogo being completely covered in scaffolding and tarpaulins.
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Teign Valley
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| Round Chagford | 2015-11-09 | The plan was do walk some of the high moor from Frenchbeer Rock but when we got there it was just too windy and damp. So instead we retreated to Chagford and did a lower level moor walk around Chagford.
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Teign
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| Teign Gorge | 2022-01-23 | Stomp around the (very deep) Teign Gorge. If doing it azgain, remember to turn left towards Fingle Bridge - the ascents aren't so steep on the way back.
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Teign Valley
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| Teign Estuary Paddling | 2022-07-08 | First paddle on the Teign Estuary.
Having lived so close for so long, it is surprising that this is the first time I've paddled on the Teign.
Pretty much a perfect paddle. Lots of sun, round the top of a neap tide and cooling sea breeze on the way back.
Marvellous!
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Teign Estuary
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| Teign valley | 2023-10-21 | From Castle Drogo down to Fingle Bridge for a coffee and cake. Scooby Hound liked the walk.
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Teign Valley
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