lisilou
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11 a.m. off we pootled, destination Berthon Lymington. Beautiful sunshine if a tad chilly. No mayhem heading down the Hamble (Mr Winter...you must've been very disappointed 
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Normally 'Lisilou' gets on the plane very easily as long as you don't dally about and give her a bit of 'Boff' on the throttles but this time she struggled to get over that bow wave leaving me on tiptoes to see where I was going. Strange I thought coz she was lifted, scrubbed and anti-fouled in Jan/Feb so her bum should've been fairly clean. Anyway...gave her a bit more oomph and down she came but still felt laboured at 23 knts. Ok, tide was against us but still didn't feel quite right to me. Thought maybe it was me just being too tentative but hey...it was no biggy and the sun was shining so I was a relatively happy bunny.
Arrived at Berthons around 12.15 ish to kick off the flip flops and chill with a few drinks with some friends. Very nice it was too. Bloody cold tho! Didn't stop shivering all day and evening tbh. Brrrrr.
Never been to Berthons before and I've gotta say, it's a great little place although....please, please, please... put some letters on your pontoon piles so I can see which one I'm headed for
. Really friendly, helpful staff, lovely facilities and a shorter stroll than YH into Lymington for the obligatory nose about and evening meal/booze up. A great alternative to YH for a stopover or longer if you can spare the time.
Popped into Lymington in the evening to see if we could get a table for 6 people and ended up having a really nice Thai meal in the Fusion Inn. Bit of a trek and the most unlikely of places for a Thai restaurant as it's just a good ole English pub really so we weren't expecting any great things from the cuisine but I have to say...the food was great! It was also empty and I can't for the life of me understand why but all the better for us, as everywhere else was booked out. Anyway, thoroughly recommend the food there.
From there, we popped into a very lively pub (can't remember the name) with live music. The place was heaving with what had to be the strangest collection of people I've ever seen in my life but the music was great which helped take your mind off 'The Munsters' and their extended family!
Great evening was had and so we headed back to the boats for a final nightcap then bedbyes.
Left Berthon at 12.30 today and headed over to Alum Bay as the weather was much better than first forecast and significantly warmer than yesterday. Arrived to a virtually empty bay, dropped anchor and just sat and soaked up the sun for a couple of hours before heading back to Swanwick.
Now the trip back was much better as regards 'Lisilou's' performance. 'Boffed' her onto the plane no problem and she purred back all the way at a very comfy 25 knts.
Not too busy out there at all. Many more sails than mobos it seemed and they looked to be having a whale of a time as were we.
Got back to the home berth around 4p.m. which left plenty of sun time still to have a few bevvies with the neighbours and take Bob for a run. That 2 stroke is awesome!!!
The best bit??...we can do it all again tomorrow!! Yaaaay
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How bout you?
L
P.S. I do have video and if I ever get around to editing it...I'll post it.
P.P.S I must also mention that we had some random guy playing in our wake at VERY close quarters in an amazing rib! That thing went like stink and cut thru our wake like it wasn't there! Thanks Roy...that was good fun to watch. Shame I had the camera in the wrong mode tho!!! grrr
). Normally 'Lisilou' gets on the plane very easily as long as you don't dally about and give her a bit of 'Boff' on the throttles but this time she struggled to get over that bow wave leaving me on tiptoes to see where I was going. Strange I thought coz she was lifted, scrubbed and anti-fouled in Jan/Feb so her bum should've been fairly clean. Anyway...gave her a bit more oomph and down she came but still felt laboured at 23 knts. Ok, tide was against us but still didn't feel quite right to me. Thought maybe it was me just being too tentative but hey...it was no biggy and the sun was shining so I was a relatively happy bunny.
Arrived at Berthons around 12.15 ish to kick off the flip flops and chill with a few drinks with some friends. Very nice it was too. Bloody cold tho! Didn't stop shivering all day and evening tbh. Brrrrr.
Never been to Berthons before and I've gotta say, it's a great little place although....please, please, please... put some letters on your pontoon piles so I can see which one I'm headed for
. Really friendly, helpful staff, lovely facilities and a shorter stroll than YH into Lymington for the obligatory nose about and evening meal/booze up. A great alternative to YH for a stopover or longer if you can spare the time.Popped into Lymington in the evening to see if we could get a table for 6 people and ended up having a really nice Thai meal in the Fusion Inn. Bit of a trek and the most unlikely of places for a Thai restaurant as it's just a good ole English pub really so we weren't expecting any great things from the cuisine but I have to say...the food was great! It was also empty and I can't for the life of me understand why but all the better for us, as everywhere else was booked out. Anyway, thoroughly recommend the food there.
From there, we popped into a very lively pub (can't remember the name) with live music. The place was heaving with what had to be the strangest collection of people I've ever seen in my life but the music was great which helped take your mind off 'The Munsters' and their extended family!
Great evening was had and so we headed back to the boats for a final nightcap then bedbyes.
Left Berthon at 12.30 today and headed over to Alum Bay as the weather was much better than first forecast and significantly warmer than yesterday. Arrived to a virtually empty bay, dropped anchor and just sat and soaked up the sun for a couple of hours before heading back to Swanwick.
Now the trip back was much better as regards 'Lisilou's' performance. 'Boffed' her onto the plane no problem and she purred back all the way at a very comfy 25 knts.
Not too busy out there at all. Many more sails than mobos it seemed and they looked to be having a whale of a time as were we.
Got back to the home berth around 4p.m. which left plenty of sun time still to have a few bevvies with the neighbours and take Bob for a run. That 2 stroke is awesome!!!
The best bit??...we can do it all again tomorrow!! Yaaaay
.How bout you?
L
P.S. I do have video and if I ever get around to editing it...I'll post it.
P.P.S I must also mention that we had some random guy playing in our wake at VERY close quarters in an amazing rib! That thing went like stink and cut thru our wake like it wasn't there! Thanks Roy...that was good fun to watch. Shame I had the camera in the wrong mode tho!!! grrr
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