Weymouth and the Care Bears

On arrival in Weymouth, the Welsh connection came to meet us. They also procured much needed fish and chips for supper. As a small thank you, the captain helped Andrew (Care) install his new Rocna anchor on Zephyros, their Nordhavn 43. We used the same "drop it into the dinghy " method as we had employed whilst doing the identical job on our boat in Mallaig last year.

Izzy our stowaway dog liked their house:

as well as the beach and lots of ball games. Andrew had found and bought a lovely Honda DAX (Monkey Bike) on eBay which was delivered at about the same time as he told Linda that he had ordered it. The old line "it is better to ask for forgiveness than permission" still rings true and somehow works.

We loaded the rather nice bike onto his boat with the help of the crane which normally moves dinghies onto the boat deck:

The captain is insanely jealous of the bike, having given up motorcycling when he finished working for BMW and enjoying the company lease bike scheme. He has started checking out eBay and putting monkey bikes on his watch list. The crew is trying to crack his eBay password for some reason.

Several good walks with the dog were needed, including around the bay area to Bowleaze and the Cafe Oasis. For some strange reason, they have decided that dogs were only allowed inside before 11 in the morning. So, our afternoon tea and cake had to be taken outside with the tea cooling rapidly in the breeze. Not going back there in future as a matter of principle even if we are dog free!

We decided that a "Nordhavn cruise in company" was in order. Not a huge one, just 2 boats heading up to Lymington  which is around 6 hours away so no need for major engine services, provisioning, course planning, weather watching etc in advance.