Settling in to the marina

Here is Lady Cate settled in her berth at The Granary Yacht Harbour with Blackthorn, the half-size Thames Barge, in the background.

The views across the river are delightful. The low hills where they found the Sutton Hoo treasure are in the distance.

These photos were taken on a rather dull day with my tablet. I've got a lot to learn about photography and picture editing!

Here is the marina, looking North, upstream on the River Deben, as far as can be navigated. We get access +/- 3 hours of high tide.

You can just see the dredger with which Simon is creating the marina space on the far right. He adds a bit each winter.

The wildlife is very varied. I have twice seen a seal in these waters. Today a cormorant surfaced right beside me as I stood on the pontoon in the foreground. We quite surprised each other. I have seen common gulls, greater back-backed gulls, terns, curlew, lapwing, snipe, oyster-catchers and little egrets to date.

Blackthorn, a close neighbour, is a very pretty half-size Thames Barge. Quite a few have been built for She was saved a completely refitted by her owner, as many boats around have been.

They say here that the boats own the people! Some boats have been in the area for generations, passing from one owner to another. Twinkler, a 20ish foot boat built for the Norfolk Broads, is up out of the water being refitted. She was built in 1926 and is looking great. Picture to follow as soon as she fully dressed.