You can go like this
or - like this
You may be able to work out our choice from this picture of
our new shipmate Clayton who we met on board
We sailed fairly close to shore at one point so that we could see the great house on Brownsea Island owned by John Lewis and used as a luxury hotel for their employees.
Here we are all at sea but still in sight of land and other ships
and still further out looking at Old Harry's Rocks
that's Old Harry on the end
and then back to Poole Quay where, on the way it seems, everybody wants to be a sailor.
May not be everyone's idea of a cruise but, then again, how much can you really expect for the ancient mariner's rate of £9 each.
We also had the benefit of real fresh seafood at our favourite hostelry,
the Poole Arms: not included in the price of the cruise but worth every penny
John Beaty Pownall knows how good this is.