Sunday morning on the Fowey river and there’s bright sunshine and a very gentle breeze.
A few boats are out and about coming down the river presumably going out for a nice Sunday sail, something more energetic, or just to check a few lobster pots. The local inshore lifeboat crew are also up and about early doing some training.

But for us it’s a leisurely coffee or tea in bed and then an equally leisurely
breakfast sitting in the sun in cockpit.
Plan for today is to do a little bit of shopping to make sure that all the provisions are topped up, as the coming week seems to be good for the Scillies. We remind ourselves that in the Scillies, while not being entirely in the back of beyond, it’s not so easy to get things there, so we’ll fill up here and be set for the week. As for today I guess we’ll probably just mosey on across to the Helford river, which should be a nice little fetch in some fairly light winds rather than the thrash that we had yesterday.

We stroll into town to pick up some shopping and the smell of freshly baked bread and pasties wafts on the air. Lunch is now sorted!

We slide down the river on the early ebb with a couple of other boats and set sail for the Helford River in preparation for the next stage… then Newlyn, and then…..hopefully the Scillies.

Unsurprisingly for this trip, the wind veers earlier than forecast and it is once again dead on the nose. So much for a short hop and lunch in Helford.
The day remained stubbornly grey and overcast and the wind remained stubbornly on the nose, but the pasties went down a treat and were probably the best we have had in a very long time…..shout out to Nile bakery in Fowey….great pasties and lovely fresh
bread.

We opt for an anchorage just a short way up the river and drop the hook in 5m of water, not so very far from the steeply shelving rocky shore. It is a beautifully secluded and sheltered spot with just a few other boats around us and we settle in for a wonderfully lazy evening.