Due to bad weather we are still safely secured up in Dart Haven Marina.

Saturday 16 July 2011
A wet and windy day, in the morning we did some admin. Just before lunch a racing yacht tied up along side of us. The crew look wet and shattered as they had raced from Cowes to Dartmouth in a Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) race.

In the afternoon we took the ferry across to Dartmouth and had a good look round and did some provisioning. When we got back to the marina there were several other competitors in the RORC race had arrived.

Just before our evening meal the racing yacht at the side of us departed, heading back towards the Solent. The weather forecast did not look good with strong Westerly winds blowing force 7 to 8 all night and waves 2 metres. We wished them the best of luck.

Sunday 17 July 2011

Sunday was windy with lots of rain showers.

Claire come up with a day trip on a ferry to Greenway House which is opposite Dittisham further up the river.

Greenway House was the holiday home of the writer Agatha Christie and is nowadays ran by the National Trust. The Christie family were avid collectors of books, wooden boxes, porcelain china to name but a few. It also has extensive grounds and walled gardens. The house was given over to the NT by Christie's daughter and grandson but to keep exactly as it was. The NT have spent alot of money refurbishing it and putting everything back as it was. We had a good look round and lunch before returning by ferry to Dartmouth.

In the evening we had homemade pizza onboard Sea Dream and watched the last in the current series of 'The Apprentice'. The right person won!