Bit wet n windy 'ere, but have had a good day. We had originally wanted to visit Walton & Frinton Yacht Club, but had discounted it from our plans because it's very very shallow, and the tides weren't in our favour. So, thanks to the weather, we got there...on foot! Only a couple of miles, and a friendly warm, dry club welcomed us for a lunch time drink & bar-snack. A few provisions purchased, a quick glimpse of the sea, yuk, and it was back to White S...

Unfortunately the new crew forgot to bring the sunshine with them so when we were waved off by Craig it was a grey day. The lock was on free flow so we just motored on out of Neptune Marina and down the scenic Orwell, under the bridge and past Pin Mill. Just before Shotley Point we broke out the sails and tacked out twixt Felixstowe and Harwich before entering the Secret Waters of the Walton Backwaters. The weather forecast prompted a change of plan - anchori...