Hartlepool

Sat here in a windy Hartlepool hoping for a little less wind tomorrow. Well so much for the record since I last wrote. Met up with Steve from the HCA Grimsby in Scarborough. He had sailed there on his boat Amigo. Steve, Steve II and Colin were all regulars in the Golden Ball and took little finding if you needed them. Thanks for all the help and on the engine trial round Scarborough bay. Well we said goodbye to the lads and set sail for Whitby where we met Keith and Hilary again. We went to the Elsinor and enjoyed a couple of pints of Camerons whilst listening to an excellent Rock'a'billy Band playing fifties music. The new facilities at Whitby are excellent and we were able to catch up on the laundry. Enjoyed an excellent mixed fish salad at Trenchers. It had a little of everything with a good portion of mixed salad.
We tried leaving Whitby on Tuesday but had to return with a diesel leak. It turned out to be from a badly seated diesel filter so easily fixed. Eventually left on Wednesday 30th June 2010. We saw our first dolphins off Redcliffe at 0645h dst. There were two of them diving in and out of the water for about 10 minutes. We were unable to photograph them in time. Well Hartlepool has a brilliant museum with a Royal Navy Square rigger called the Tricomalee and the Quay front set up as it would have been in times past. We have a Morrisons and Asda's close by too. See you all soon. Clive