Voyage to Weymouth

Because of the state of the tides we ended up here rather than Lulworth Cove on our latest travels, where we now have to wait for the tide until 1pm to get to Portland to get the west going tide down to Dartmouth, which means we probably won't get the until about 8pm tonight.  It's that or we would have had to leave at 3 am this morning.  We forgot the milk but luckily remembered in time before we left Portsmouth.  It's all to do with lists - I forgot it on the list.

                                                       The classic harbour of Weymouth

So, after a chinese meal last night overlooking Weymouth Bay - a new one we haven't tried before (we prefer the Ming Wah) going round Portland Bill essentially has to be timed correctly : 4 hours after high water Portland.  Here's a picture of the Lighthouse from the sea :

Arrived Dartmouth at dusk last night and anchored up - only to be told that we had to move up river 500 yards, because we were anchoring in a "trots" area whe there are underwater chains linked for permanent  moorings.

Woke up to a lovely sunny day and went ashore in the dinghy to find the Regatta in its preliminary stages, it starts on 29th (tomorrow) so we decided to come up to Diddlesham for the night as last night was very noisy with loud onshore bands until 1am.

 

This is a little picnic boat that takes out people to eat on the water - for small parties only.  We all held up our glasses high and wished them a nice day.

 

 

 

Lovely and peaceful In Dittisham, where we have a very nice meal in the Ferry Boat Inn (above - the pink building on the LHS) on shore that evening. 

 

Here's a picture of a paddlesteamer that takes punters up the river :