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The Lymington to Yarmouth Ferry crossing the Solent
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At 6am the following day, the 9th August,
we left Yarmouth just as the sun was rising. It was quite surreal, flat calm with a sea mist rising off
the water as we motored out.
Passing the famous Needles Lighthouse, Alum Chine
cliffs were still shrouded in mist.
It was 80 nm to Dartmouth our next stop, we couldn’t
call into Weymouth as the area was closed due to the Sailing events for Para
Olympics taking place there. The
sea remained flat calm and we had no wind at all so it was long motoring day
but very pleasant to be able to wear shorts and t-shirt at sea in UK!
We arrived in Dartmouth about 6pm and berthed at
Kingsweir marina – opposite the town of Dartmouth. It was a beautiful evening so we caught a ferry over to
Dartmouth to find somewhere to eat.
We were rather shocked at the exorbitant prices that even the pubs were
charging and when we finally found somewhere the food was very poor even though
expensive. However we enjoyed our
evening watching the wonderful setting sun light up the houses on the hills
behind Kingsweir.
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| Sunrise off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight |
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Larkrise leaving Yarmouth, Dave at the wheel
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Passing the Needles Lighthouse Isle of Wight
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Dartmouth, Devon
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Dave and Jane as we enter the River Dart
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Kingsweir highlighted by the setting sun
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