Having had an interesting passage the day before, l was having a rest day on Monday. I had been in contact with a CA member who was looking for crew to sail his 50ft yacht to South Brittany at the end of July. And we had agreed to meet for coffee to discuss at 1000hrs. Peter is an elderly gentleman with masses of sailing experience, he had owned his yacht for 20 years and taken her across the Atlantic twice. His wife didn’t sail anymore and didn’t like the idea of him sailing alone. Peter had regular crew but he had been ill and wasn’t able the come this season. After a long chat with questions from both sides, l think we were both happy when we parted to go our separate ways.
Then l had some shopping to get and had shower before going back to Elektra to while away the afternoon in Elektra’s cockpit.
In the evening l had arranged to meet family in Salcombe and the Victoria Inn had been booked for a meal. They wanted to see Elektra, not a problem l said just a 20min dinghy ride in both directions. I timed it on the way down river to meet them and it look 23mins. Anyway, it was a nice dinghy ride in both directions on a sunny evening in Salcombe.
Once back in Salcombe town, the table had been booked for 1830hrs. We sat down, it wasn’t looking that busy but the service was very slow, we did get our drinks after half an hour, but a starter of bread no butter and olives did come out half hour later. After more waiting. We were hungry and wanted to eat. So Patti asked how much longer to get our order? When the waitress came back and said 45mins! We said we will pay the bill and have fish and chips along the road. We had eaten our fish and chips and said our good buys before we would have been served in the Victoria Inn! My advice is don’t go there! Apart from anything else, if you book a table for 1830hrs, you don’t think you will need lights to get back to your anchored yacht.
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