There have been times when there have been long spells between our updates and this is certainly one of them - nearly three months this time! Well we don't have so much to report these days but in this update, there is quite a bit.
We stayed in a beautiful B&B in Mylor Bridge, ideally located for a (albeit fairly long) lovely walk to Mylor harbour. We enjoyed a nice evening catching up with Ann's friend Penny in Castaways, and returned there on Sunday for a long, leisurely lunch in glorious Cornish sunshine where we were joined by a number of friends we hadn't seen for 6 years - a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Our fellow guests' Daimler Dart - beautiful.
On Monday we made our way back 'up country', stopping for lunch at Horsebridge where we enjoyed a perfect crab sandwich and met up with sailing friends Robert & Deborah - another good catch-up in more sunshine and a perfect end to our mini-break.
For the next few weekends we just enjoyed being at home and our local environs, despite Andy working some very long hours, and even one Saturday - this isn't what we had in mind, but fortunately only a temporary arrangement to please a demanding client. We even found a new pub, just a 20 minute stroll across the common - now there aren't many pubs in this area that Andy hasn't visited or at least known of in the last 30 something years, so The Black Horse at Amberley was a serendipitous find. Having said that The Queen Matilda at Avening remains our 'local', even though it's an hour's walk away. Their recently opened B&B rooms are stylish and finished to a very high standard.
Cherington Lake - spot the two coot chicks on a lily pad.
Some of The Devil's Horsemen.
This week Ann's friend Penny dropped by on her way back to Cornwall and unlike last time it wasn't pouring with rain, so a stroll across the common to the aforementioned Black Horse was rather more pleasant than our last soggy walk! The views from the beer garden across the Stroud Valleys and to Wales beyond are spectacular and it was good to spend the day chatting & catching up.
"Yawn - pub lunches are just so boring..."
And so, that bring you up to date - almost. After much soul searching, we have made the very difficult decision to sell Pipit. Unlike houses and cars, it's a rather more emotional process, especially in our case as Pipit was our home (our first together), and has looked after us and kept us safe during some of our more challenging passages, including	the English Channel, the Alderney Race, Chenal du Four, Raz de Seine, the Atlantic coasts of Spain & Portugal, the Strait of Gibraltar and, of course, the Big One, the Bay of Biscay. In return, we hope we have looked after her well, maintaining her ourselves to a high standard, but boats do need to be used, so we have come to the conclusion that now is the right time to pass Pipit on to her next owners for a whole new set of adventures. You can see the For Sale Website here.