River Yealm - 50°18'42"N 03°03'07"W
For Wendy and Graeme's last few days with us, we didn't want to succumb to the ease of staying in a marina. Following some good advice, we decided to head for a small river that was a two-hour voyage from where we were tied up. Out the entrance to the left and around the point lays the River Yealm. Rounding this point looks much tougher on the charts. After arriving at the visitor pontoon in the fading light last night, we spent today wandering the two towns straddling one of the River Yealm estuaries. On the visitor's pontoon. No walk-ashore access - time to blow up the dinghy. We came ashore here and walked to town. It made for a very pleasant 20 minute stroll. The tide was going out and we had been told by the harbourmaster that we could walk across "stepping stones" from the town on one side of the estuary to the other side. We weren't perfectly clear on how this would look, but we thought we could always come back to the dinghy a...