We all arrived by 18.30 and after the safety briefing we slipped our lines and were on our way out of the marina amongst the yachts and fishing vessels, the beautiful colours reflecting off the dead calm water, only to be disturbed by the gentle ripples of our wake, through the marina entrance and into the relatively open water of Poole harbour and straight into a mellee of sailing dinghies competing for position in their race with Paul constantly changing course to avoid any collisions, after all, power gives way to sail, in most circumstances anyway.

Just when you thought you had seen the most peaceful areas of this most picturesque river, we see the yacht masts in the distance at Wareham marina towering above the reeds and rushes that draw us into the more secluded and very private parts of this river that you can only see from a boat, offering loads of photographic opportunities of plants, wildlife and all kinds of different boats and nautical items.

 

Heading up the Wareham River past the yachts and boats on their moorings, Rockley Sands to starboard and the marvellous rich mixture of greens and browns of the trees, grasses and beach area’s sandwiched between the striking blues of the sky and the river to port fantastically enlightened by the Sun’s falling rays and animated by the various wildlife such as swans, cormorants, tern’s and gulls , broken up by the paddling canoeists and the regular action shot opportunities of the speed boats and water skiers.

As we got to Wareham marina, the sun was setting fast, so it was time to turn around and head back to Poole, but not before taking some shots of yet another beautiful sunset
A marvellous end to a marvellous day and some brilliant photos to boot, I would thoroughly recommend the trip to all.

PS. A big thank you to Paul, our skipper on August Mist

 

 

 

 

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Full Steam Ahead ......... ---- by Angie Sharp

Anything Nautical ... . ... .. . . by Sheila Brown

Doubletake .. -. . . . . . . . . . . by Nigel Hargreaves

Visionary Experiment --------- by Marie Stuart

The Boat Trip --------............ by Anonymous Dude

A Basic Guide .... . . . . . ...... by George Inglis

Slop Bog visit = = = = - --- - by Mike Legg

2 Boys & a Red Arrow- --- -- by-Mike Legg

Canada Rail Trip -------------- by Ruth Dix

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THE BOAT TRIP

By some dude on the boat


It was a lovely evening, warm and sunny just like a summer evening should be, down on Poole Quay, our skipper Paul was patiently waiting for us all to arrive on our charter boat August Mist, a small motor boat primarily used for taking anglers out on local fishing trips, also sightseers who are curious enough to see the world from a different perspective, even a crew of photographers who are looking for that 10 point image with a nautical theme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heading starboard (right) of Brownsea Island now, towards Arne, sunlight glistening on the water we spotted a Cornish shrimper with its green hull and dark red gaff rigged sails, a lovely picture against the backdrop of Arne, the terns dive bombing into water feeding on the sand eels was a lovely sight, though short lived, if you could get a good photograph these birds you would be very lucky indeed.