Monday 3rd November  – Windsurf *** River Orwell at Levinngton  –  mainly cloudy.

Foil – 20.27  knot max, 18.60 knot ave., 11.69  knot hour, 17.31 knot mile, 36.80 km., 15.09 knot alpha.

Starboard Freeride 150 and a Evolution Freeride foil with a Tushingham Bolt 5.75.

Three wingers were heading to Levington at 8 to make the most of the 9.17 high water but I was in no hurry to get there as I am not bothered about high water and the weather was supposed to improve to sunny perionds at 10! So Mag and I went to Lidl for a big shop as the light rain started! Mag said she would come with me today for her walk as she missed out o her early prom stroll as it was raiing. So after breakfast I put some things in a bag for lunch and we left Felixstowe around 9.30 and three wingers were out but it did not look overly inviting but I think they were using small wings, cloudy too with no sign of sunny periods:( Parking is tight at the marinna and going to get worse when all the pontoons at our end of the marina have been removed, with three vehicles all ready there I had to park nnear the large crane which was not a problem, my foil board was quickly onn the small launch beach with the tide already starting to drop. The wind was all over the place gusting to 20 mph so I rigged my 5.7 and launched as the three wingers were ending their session. To start with I played hunt the gust just to the left of the marina, flying in patches in nice flat water hoping the wind would fill in? I slowly beat out to the middle of the river and the wind did pick up and I had several cracking long runs down towards Pin Mill ending up getting  a nice top speed, average, mile and alpha. The wind was easing, the tide dropping and I had been onn the water a couple of hours so it was time to call it a day. I got back to the van at the same time Mag returned from her nice walk around Loompit lake and beyond! It was pretty dark so I packed up before heading for a shower before returning to the van for lunch before heading for home, I did stop to take a pic of the yellow Harwich foot ferry moored at the marina and spotted a kingfisher:) I was sorting todays photo’s out when we got a message from Jay saying would we like a visit so ended up getting a bonus visit from Maeva and she was full of fun and did loads of crafts:) Another breezy day tomorrow so I might head to Levington early so I can get back for a visit to Mary’s!

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