Sue found us a lovely site to break the journey at Ashton under Hill near Evesham. Just a small site with basic facilities but a jem of an area around it. We walked to the pub in the village that night (The Star) and enjoyed locally made faggots, delicious. Next morning we continued up the motorway and after picking up daughter and boyfriend in Manchester continued to Clitheroe. After a less than friendly welcome at the site we settled in and had a BBQ in the evening sunshine. Saturday saw us exploring Clitheroe with it's excellent bustling market followed by another BBQ. You have to make the most of the weather when you can. Sunday was a leisurely day with lunchtime in the pub playing darts and enjoying the local food and beer. After a walk around the park (to ease the conscience) we lazed around in the evening sun having run out of inspiration for BBQs.
Monday saw us dropping Carly and Matt off and returning to our site near Evesham. Unfortunately the pub did no food on Mondays so we ate in More Time instead and watched the setting sun for our windows. Tuesday was more driving along the motorway to complete our trip.
After a few days at home we were off again in Half Time to join a cruise along the Devon and Cornwall coasts. We met up with the rest of the cruising boats at Plymouth and were disappointed to find that the cruise was stopping there due to lack of boats taking part.We continued with Ian and Joan, our friends on board Eonmor V to Looe where Joan caught a train home after injuring her ankle a few days before.
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| Egret fishing in Looe harbour near Half Time |
Two nights were spent in Looe and a few maintenance jobs were carried out on the two boats, one being to correct an overheating problem on Half Time that had occurred as we entered the harbour. This turned out to have been caused by a build up of mussels etc blocking the water inlet. Once cleared the problem seemed to be solved. After Looe we had a night in Newton Ferrers near Plymouth before returning to the River Dart where we headed straight for Dittisham because we found Dartmouth particularly busy due to the Regatta. One night there and we headed back to Teignmouth to put Half Time on her mooring due to poor weather forecast for the rest of the week (again).
