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| Daisy II in the secret harbour, 'Wildcat Island' |
At last I was able to attend the Coniston Rally in the Lake District.
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| Saturday sailing and clue-hunting |
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| Drascombes blending in... |
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| Saturday picnic lunch at Brown Howe |
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| Dabbering on Coniston |
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| Coniston Sailing Club were our hosts. Excellent facilities, including slipway, mooring jetty, club house, kitchen and bathrooms |
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| Early Sunday morning trip to Peel Island - 'Wildcat Island' for those who know their Ransome |
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| The secret harbour - rather lacking in water... |
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| Presumably this is the main campsite for the Walker children |
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| More blending in... |
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| For 30 minutes, I had the place to myself, and then the canoeists turned up (just edging in, right of picture) |
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| So I departed and pictured the island from a distance. |
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| Further down the lake, others were beginning to stir. Coaster Kathleen was on manoeuvres |
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| Presumably they were on their way to retrieve the various clues left behind the previous day. |
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| And so it came to hauling out, and a 6 hour road trip back south... |
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| Saturday morning (yellow) 7.1nm; Saturday afternoon (red) 7.8nm; Sunday morning (blue) 10.4nm |
And so, this spell of sailing on inland waterways (Rutland Water and Coniston) comes to an end. Next week, serious summer sea sailing sets in! A West Country Odyssey has been long in the planning and that will need some seriously settled weather. However, I may well begin this coming weekend with a three or four days cruising around some familiar east coast haunts.
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