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FLATPACK SAILING

The weather was glorious when we set off to try out the folding dinghy kindly loaned to us by Seahopper Ltd. The plan had been to go to a nearby beach, work out how to put it together, go for a potter with the kids, take a few photos, eat some ice cream, etc. But when a friend invited us to join him on a birthday “cruise” down the river Avon in South Devon (not to be confused with the four other river Avons in the UK), it sounded too good an opportunity to miss. So we packed a picnic, loaded the boat into the car, and drove out to the agreed meeting point. It proved to be a baptism of fire.

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