It was a perfect sunny start to the day, clear blue skies and hardly a breeze in the air. It was a perfect day for a crossing saving me having to walk a long way along the river parrett to Bridgewater and then back again. I was picked up from the campsite by marc a member of Burnham lifeboat and taken to meet the rest of crew as they kitted up for the mornings excercise.
At around 10:50am i was to launch hoolley for what i hoped would be an easy and uneventful paddle before heading on to hinckley power station and along to wachet to meet an old friend dave. The crossing was text book and i landed safely. Having packed my kit away i hiked along the beach towards hinckley power station. Due to building works the coastal path now turned inland but with the tide on its way out i headed down to the shore and hiked over the bedrock to Watchet where i met up with dave n helen.
I had known dave for a couple of years and had met him when i lived in chandlers ford. At the time i didn't know it but he was a heroin users. He was a good lad though and we quickly became friends. It was good to see him again and since moving away from the temptations if his passed life he was well on the way to recovery. He'd met helen during the early days of his recovery and they'd moved to Somerset where they began to make a new life together. They were good for each other.
Arriving at the harbour i contacted dave and he came to get me and show me the flat he and helen had been living in. It was great hearing about their new life together and seeing the flat they had decorated putting their own personal signature on it. They also had a package for me, my ninth pair of boots.
That evening we all sat in the lounge and tucked into a delicious thai curry helen had made followed by strawberries and cream.
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