Pootling About!

It was a case of getting outa Plymouth to avoid the rain yesterday. The marina has though a very international feel about it, with lots of French
, Dutch, Norwegian and Swiss boats holed up with us.

We hit the road trail by car yesterday to Dartmouth & Salcombe, leaving the rain in our wake. Both were basked in lovely sunshine. First stop Dartmouth where there weren't many bots on their way in but the river was full to bursting with all the tourist river trippers.

We sat on the river wall watching the world go by. I am sure that Dartmouth must have run out if bacon yesterday because if you weren't on a tourist bot then you were out with your crabbing bucket and bacon...crabs were in abundance!





A late lunch was had at the Royal Castle....gorgeous Dartmouth cracked crab before a quick peek around the shops and then off round the coast to Salcombe.

Das captain calls Salcombe the tax on being stupid, as he reckons everything costs twice as much there as anywhere else. A haven for second homes, the masses swarm there in summer, and I love it there too, we don't swail there often enough for my liking.




Salcombe may have been heaving from a people point of view yesterday, but visitor bots were very few. Southerly winds gusting 7 you could see why looking out to sea with the waves crashing in over the sandbar at the entrance! It's regatta weekend for them this weekend, not sure the situation will change that much before then.




We pootled about around the town amongst the masses, sat and watched the world go by and re-provisioned on the pasty front for das captain......HOW MUCH!? he declared when informed of the price...KER CHING, KER CHING!
Although later having devoured it he declared on his pasty rating scale that it was right up there on the leader board, simply the best yet!

So not a drop of rain in sight and a lovely day spent, it was windy and cold back at the marina where we battened down the hatches again before the rain came back with a vengeance.

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Location:Dartmouth & Salcombe