Today quite a few members of my families gathered on the deck of a sea cruiser called Mystere for a day trip out into the Wash to see the wonderful common and harbour seals lazing on the sandbanks at low tide, in their natural environment. It was an overcast and cool day, but thankfully the sea was calm as a millpond, so all poor travellers were able to cope without a retch between them! The river itself was a horrible sight, absolutely and completely choked with a foul green weed, which has proliferated during July and August. It is so bad a weed cutting boat had to launch before us, and cut a path through the terrible greenery so that the Mystere could make the trip. Once out into the salty water the green monster dies. We had a couple of hours anchored adjacent to the sandbanks, dining, admiring the seals and
generally taking our ease. There were about 100 seals in the group we were watching, big and little, young and old. Several members of the family fell asleep....and all of us thoroughly enjoyed sharing a little time with the inquisitive and adept mammals in the water. The seals seemed to enjoy looking at us at least as much as we did them. We motored back with the tide, and battled through the greenery once more to dock, tired and happy at 6.30pm. The Mystere is now to be retired from active service so we were lucky to make the trip. Thanks guys!
3 comments:
wow, what a great opportunity! It looks like it was a wonderful trip.
Where did you sail from, Boston?
To add to previous conversation, it looked an interesting trip and one I'd like to make. I've explored various parts around The Wash along the Lincolnshire salt marshes - it's such a contrast to the beaches at Skegvegas.
we did sail from boston on board the Mystere, but ashe is being decommissioned, and I don't know if anyone else is going to offer such a long trip. You could ask them. She comes up if you google Mystere. It was a lovely day, and as you say, a complete contrast to the usual coastal view!
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