{"id":981,"date":"2012-06-02T14:24:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T14:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.downhillonly.com\/wordpress\/?p=981"},"modified":"2012-06-02T14:38:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T14:38:22","slug":"gara-rock-and-boat-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=981","title":{"rendered":"Gara Rock, and boat race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK let&#8217;s deal with yesterday evening first, as it was simply glorious.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-145303.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-145303.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-145303.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had cocktails at the Island Street bar, which seems to have become the favourite hangout for the local youngsters. My G&#038;T was simply divine darling!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-145650.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-145650.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-145650.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s about all I can remember from last night.<\/p>\n<p>This morning we got up early as the weather forecast wasn&#8217;t too clever. Got the ferry across to East Portlemouth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-150011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-150011.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-150011.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great views of Salcombe from here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-150149.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-150149.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-150149.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And off we go, first heading inland to Rickham Common, then south again to the coast path at Gara Rock. Quick coffee and off along the coast path.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-150542.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-150542.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-150542.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some lovely views from the cliff path. Weather beginning to close in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-150829.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-150829.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-150829.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Salcombe bar, as immortalised by Lord Tennyson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-151056.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-151056.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-151056.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in Salcome, the weather continues to deteriorate, and there is a great commotion as we walk around Customs Quay, followed by the roar of mighty engines. The coastguard has received a Mayday call on VHF, and they&#8217;ve instructed the RNLI to launch the All Weather Lifeboat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-151416.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-151416.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-151416.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The RNLI quickly post some details outside the boathouse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-151620.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-151620.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-151620.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The weather continues to worsen, but that doesn&#8217;t stop the fleet of &#8216;Solo&#8217; class dinghies from having their race around the anchorage. Val counted 42 of them!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-151946.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-151946.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-151946.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Salcombe is looking good for the Jubilee. Here&#8217;s the pub where we&#8217;re staying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-152219.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-152219.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-152219.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our track from this morning:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-153815.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/20120602-153815.jpg\" alt=\"20120602-153815.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK let&#8217;s deal with yesterday evening first, as it was simply glorious. We had cocktails at the Island Street bar, which seems to have become the favourite hangout for the local youngsters. My G&#038;T was simply divine darling! And that&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=981\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travelsandtribulations"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}