Update and Plans for our June cruise
All quiet for the last couple of weeks since returning home. Getting the garden under control, washing, planning the next trip etc, the time just whizzes by.
If the weather is as forecast we should be heading off this weekend to sail across the Channel again. This time we will not have Internet access as our daughter Carly is borrowing Sues Notebook computer (it’s a long story). However, if you are interested our planned itinerary for the next five or six weeks is as follows.
Sail from Dartmouth to St Peter Port in Guernsey where we plan to stay for a few days. Then on to Herm and Sark – Anchor for a night or two here
Head to Lezardrieux in Brittany for a couple of nights followed by two nights at Pontrieux.
Out of the Trieux river to Isle de Brehat for a night or two.
Then coast hopping via Paimpol, Dahouet, St Cast & St Briac to St Malo where we hope to go up river (through the Rance Barrage) to Dinan for a few nights. There is an old Roman quay that we know of here in the middle of a nature reserve with a picnic site nearby and a tow path to Dinan itself about two miles further up river- it’s lovely there.
From Dinan we will have a night in St Malo before heading across the bay of St Michel to Granville for a couple of nights. From Granville we plan to visit the Isles Chausey which are en route to St Hellier, Jersey where we will be for a night of two.
This is followed by a visit to France again at Dielette before we go across to Alderney (our favourite Channel Island) for a couple of nights before heading back to France to Cherbourg. From here we plan to head further East to visit Barfleur and St Vaast before either sailing straight to Weymouth or having a further night is Cherbourg before crossing (it depends on the tides) After a few nights in Weymouth we will round Portland Bill (inside passage of course) before heading across Lyme Bay for Teignmouth, our home port.
We hope the weather is kind to us for this trip and any finger crossing / prayers / dances you may like to do to aid this would be appreciated.
Should be back on line in July when I can update this and let you know if our plans came to fruition.
