When l was enjoying Bill and Sally’s company the evening before. Richard Banks and his friend Peter had arrived aboard “Spirited” Richard’s Starlight 36. Richard and sent me an email which l hadn’t seen until l returned to Elektra just before dark.
Via email l asked what they were planning for Friday, Richard said going back to Plymouth. I said what time are you leaving, maybe we could chat before you leave. So Richard invited me over for morning coffee at 8am.
So l rowed over in the drizzle at 8am next morning and met Peter, we chatted over coffee. Richard had invited Peter to come down to Plymouth with plans of visiting Scilly but the weather hadn’t been on their side and also a problem with Richard’s windless had meant they hadn’t gone again. Peter had done lots of sailing but never been to Scilly, so this had turned into another non visit to Scilly sailing holiday. With my talk of Scilly was kind of rubbing salt in it!
With the weather improving, Richard wanted to go over to fill the water tank, before getting back to Plymouth. So l left and went back to Elektra. With the weather improving, l sat in the cockpit and went to sleep again 😴 After “Spirited” had left Fowey the drizzle started again and so l went below. Spending the rest of the day in the cabin, cooked a hot meal and did a few jobs in between resting and answering emails and texts. In the evening a bit more of the same until I went to bed around 10pm.
This had been my cheapest ever visit to Fowey. It wasn’t until the harbour master arrived for mooring fee, that l discovered l had left my wallet at home! I could pay the mooring fee by online banking, but l didn’t have any money to go into town. So with a free night available on my Fowey loyalty card, l just paid £26.50 for one night.
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