We love St. Vaast.
Hot and sunny morning so - off on the bikes - exploring the oyster farm area - the oysters are farmed in heavy duty plastic mesh bags about 30 inches by 18 inches laid flat on a steel bar framework about 8 inches from the sand - thousands of them.
As the tide goes out - uncovering the oyster beds - the tractors and trailers emerge and trundle down the sand tracks between the neatly laid out oyster beds.
They take sacks back to the processing sheds to sort out which are ready and return the ones that need to grow some more.
We went food shopping and then back to Blazer for lunch - local pate on French bread.
Jackie oiled the woodwork that I scraped clean yesterday.
Then Jackie went off to the beach on the bike - while I got on with jobs on board.
I refitted the top mainsail batten.
Drilled a big hole and fitted a fishing rod holder in the cockpit.
Scraped all the varnish off the companionway surround and oiled it.
After cleaning up - we went for a walk into town and had a drink in a harbour side bar.
Pinacolada for Jackie and a Pelforth beer for me.
Tea on board - Calamari with macaroni cheese with jam sponge cake for afters - Great!
A lovely day - we decided to stay on a bit longer here and have paid for another two nights.
Mike and Jackie Smethurst.
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