River Aven to Lochtudy - Saturday 17th August (Pete's mad day)

Anchoring in the river Aven overnight was very pleasant but the river isn't very deep and we were not able to travel up river so we decided to move swiftly on to the next port called Lochtudy

 

Harbour mouth - Lochtudy

 

 

Lochtudy was a delightful harbour but a bit of a walk to the town.  We went to the harbour facilities looking for a café to have lunch but the only one there had stopped serving food so we had a rehydrating ale before walking the one and a half kilometres to the town to find lunch.  We walked up the main street and found a very delightful restaurant who were still serving so we took a table for four.  Pete ordered wine for us all and we eat lunch, he then was rewarded with a glass of schnapps (which tasted like rocket fuel) after which he decided that it would be good to have Crepes with Rum. 

 

The waitress wanted to serve the crepe flaming, like crepe suzette, but the wind kept blowing out the lighter, however she eventually got it flaming and Pete tucked in.  It's unlike him normally but by this time there was a distinct and immovable grin developing on his face.

 

 

Crepes avec Rhum

 

 

Cleansing Ale

 

The thing is that Pete is always a complete gent.  He always wants to help and will do anything you ask of him so when we got back to the boat, and a couple of cleansing ales later his desire to help was very much present but his level of usefulness had somewhat tailed off.  It was quite strange because the pontoons were moving up and down a bit with the swell of the water and I was finding it a bit unsteady but Pete didn't appear to notice at all.  I think he was swaying in harmony with the pontoon giving an air of sobriety rarely seen amongst sailors.  Apart from the near miss when one of his sandals got tangled in a guard wire, nearly curtailing his manhood a good time was had by all.