The Noose

Some more photos from last week's adventure up the Severn for the Newnham Tea Clipper out of Lydney. Most of the shots on the water were taken by Dad aboard Ondine from up at the top of the Noose where the flood tide shoals up and seems to wash back with a vengence from Hock Cliff. Interesting place, and just a little bit scary at times :)

Four paws on the ground makes the muddy slip so much more user friendly

The trailer makes launching and recovering a breeze

Albeit not without a little winching involved

Afloat, Sharpness Dock in the background

The Noose

Debris

Shoaling waters

Frampton is somewhere over there

The neck of the Noose ahead

Burying her nose in it; no way to treat a lady!

The relative calm of Newnham and a welcome breakfast

Newnham Tea Clipper 2012

0534hrs Quedgeley, Gloucester

0544hrs Sunrise, eastern sky aglow

0557hrs A46, view towards Gloucester

0628hrs Lydney, awaiting the tide

0631hrs Sharpness

0632hrs Lydney, view upriver

0736hrs Lydney, company for the journey

0752hrs Lydney, tide on the flood

0752hrs Lydney, launching 'Ondine'

0759hrs Off Lydney, afloat and away

0810hrs Off Sharpness, no looking back

0810hrs Off Sharpness, company ahead

0838hrs Off Awre, shoaling waters of The Noose

0918hrs Newnham, breakfast well earned

0929hrs Newnham, bragging rights

0939hrs Newnham, patiently awaiting the turn

0941hrs Newnham, welcome stragglers

1021hrs Off Newnham, beneath the church

1025hrs Off Newnham, our brief lead

1303hrs Lydney Yacht Club, reward & restoration

7th May 2012, Newnham Tea Clipper, there and back again