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MARINE DRIVE : TORPOINT : CORNWALL PL11 2EH
Telephone No. 01752 812508
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Tuesday Talks
February 9th 2010 at 7:30
Beth Henshall from The Recreational Boating
Association
will deliver a presentation about
Marine Conservation Zones
and how they will affect our use of our coastal
waters.
The Marine Conservation Society
Tamar/Hope Cove Coastguard
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(Route of Friendship)
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From: John
Holloway
"Freya Frey" I’m beginning to think that I’m being stalked in Brittany: When I arrived in Audierne, I went to buy a postcard of the town. I found one, and there, smack in the middle, was my boat – you could almost say it was a picture of my boat with Audierne as the backdrop.
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 Later, I was staring into space drinking a coffee, and my eye alighted on an open magazine. There was a full-page advert – quite an arty one with a mass of rigging and lifelines – and about three boats back I recognised my unique wheelhouse, with Wendy’s dad sitting on the coachroof playing his accordion. |
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Later still, in Sauzon, we had settled down for the night when there came a rat-tat-tat on the hull. I was out of bed in a flash, to be greeted by a Frenchman holding a metal biscuit tin. He said, “Eh, m’sieur. Le voici, c’est votre bateau, n’est-ce pas?” |
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Sure enough, there on the biscuit tin was a beautiful photo of Sauzon harbour with lovely old gaffers tied up at the town quay. And there, on the other side of the harbour on a mooring was Freya Frey! Photos of each of these are attached, along with a copy of the Cornish Times article, and a close-up of the trophy, which is ours to keep for all time. Several times in Audierne, people would call out to me from passing cars, “Bonjour Jean. Ca va?” And I would be left wondering “Who the hell was that, and how do they know my name!” Later still, on the way home, I decided to divert into l’Aber Ildut near Le Four. Just as the anchor was going down in a quite little creek beyond the tiny town, a text came through from Dave England, many miles away, saying that he had heard that we were there. It seems that someone spotted me coming into the port and told him! Full details of the event are on the website (in English). Suffice it to say we had a great time and we certainly waved the flag for Cornwall. The trophy was given for “Entering into the spirit of La Route de l’Amitie” and for my help in translating the website into English. http://www2.routeamitie.fr/e_index.html Hoe all’s well with you. John |
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