02/06/21 Heybridge Tesco Run and then a lovely sail home

 

I love waking to the gentle hubbub of rafted boats coming to life. Some people don't like rafting up but we enjoy the social aspect of this element of sailing life.

Today we were going to enjoy the simple pleasures of Heybridge, taking the dinghy up the canal to Tesco's to catch up with shopping and to let the kids play at an old favourite playground. 

It's a couple of miles up the canal and actually a lovely little trip only slightly marred by the fact that the outboard still has last years fuel in it and kept cutting out. Soon enough we saw the Tesco sign and pulled up alongside the specially built pontoon. We spied a family sat eating McDonalds having paddled inflatable canoes so Esmé and I went on a hunt and brought lunch to the park to share with the boys.  There is an awesome huge climbing pyramid at the playground that the kids love and that I can't believe could ever pass any health and safety assessment.... of course the kids were at the top of it.

Back to Tesco's for shopping and then another dinghy ride home... this time with the engine faltering decidedly more frequently!

Loving the name of this motor boat!

On the evening tide the kids helped the lock keeper learning both the new systems along with more traditional methods!

Later in the evening our good fried Lisa arrived to spend the night with us and join us for the trip back to Burnham in the morning.

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It was an early lock out and we enjoyed the atmospheric motor out in company. It wasn't long before the sails were up and we enjoyed a cracking sail back to Burnham... the best one of the trip!