We LEFT our BOAT.. No. 145

Last week we were getting a drizzle on from the Hellford and navigating through some Cornish weather in search of some sunshine and now we are somewhere 15 degrees warmer with foreign flags all around. We need to rewind a little. Let's go back to St Mawes just over a week ago and this will all start to make a bit more sense. So we're just preparing, Jacob is just there, we're just preparing the boat to sail. And we're actually moving from St Mawes Anchorage, we're going up the River Fowl and we're gonna go to an anchorage tonight and then tomorrow night we are going to a floating pontoon in Malpas. I'm gonna leave the boat there for ten days so yeah that's the plan. It's about six nautical miles there and it will take us about an hour and a half so yeah hopefully we'll be able to sail a little bit of the way but once it gets narrow in the river, I'll have to put the motor on, but that's fine. First time doing a river in Taly, so that's exciting. We're in a film right now! I'm in Jurassic Park! That was crazy! This place is beautiful, I'm pinching myself that we're actually taking Taly up this place right now. Oh my gosh, sunrise is a good idea! You're gonna use it like a supboard? You should get a dinghy paddle! Don't ding it on the boat! Very impressive! So I'm just in our head now, changing after we went for a dip and everyone's up on the deck having a cider and having some crisps. I keep pinching myself, this is my life and I'm so happy. This is what I dreamed of for so long and it's just like it's all coming true. Living my dream right now. We're anchored on like a beautiful river with friends and family. Chef's kiss! Cheers Becca! This is the forward deck. We're going for an explore! What happened Becca? Zac broke the paddle. That's very impressive Zac. Becca are you concerned knowing he's this strong? You're such a strong boy. That's ridiculous, he is a strong boy. Alright Becca, you're on that one then. 1, 2, 3, pull! 1, 2, Becca more! Pull! Becca! Pull! There's a lot of spinning right now. I can't believe I just broke that. Yeah you said that. He's strong. I've got that creek stank. That's handy. Oh I hear a cow. I don't know where he goes. It's a bit marshy isn't it? Zac, don't have shoes. The dinghy's back there. See Zac, this is a proper adventure. Oh it's really muddy. This is quaint. Someone really loves this garden. Out here is so peaceful. I can smell pine forests. I can smell oak trees. I can smell just the water. This is like the happiest bird was flying past. Woohoo! So happy. It's 7 in the morning and we've just about to move Hayley to either a mooring buoy or a pontoon over there for the next 10 days which is kind of crazy. There was a space on the floating pontoon just there that went last night so fingers crossed we find a little spot for her. We've just landed on this floating pontoon and luckily there was a spot here which was yes. So we've just just preparing the boat and we're going to be hopefully picked up by a water taxi when it opens, it's not quite open yet. Recycling bins at the end which we've been searching for for days. The boys are taking the rubbish now and I'm going to finish up putting the fenders where they're meant to be. We were leaving Tailey to head over 2,000 miles to Kalkan in Turkey. This trip was initially booked three years ago to celebrate Zac's mum's birthday but due to travel restrictions it somehow was only now we were going. Despite living our dream life it was nice to just really switch off for a week. The first few days we spent relaxing, reading swimming, eating and exploring the local town. Oh and you can't forget editing. It's funny though because despite being miles and miles away from Tailey we couldn't seem to switch off from boat life. Whether it was watching the interesting mooring techniques of the locals To redo that at Mayflower Zac or spending the day on Poseidon a beautiful 108 foot vessel made in the traditional gulet style. The very idea of sailing back here with Tailey one day got us very excited. The most wonderful day. Look at the sunset and I got my personal best free diving. I actually got down to 12 metres today. Yesterday I got down to 8 metres so progress is being made and tonight we're going to go out and have gelato and waffles for dinner because we're on holiday and that's what you do on holiday and it's just so nice just to completely unwind and I fell asleep on a lalo in the pool earlier and yeah I'm just so happy. This was so needed. With the hat on. Yeah. Good after run. Yeah. Almost a bit too warm. Yeah you're really red. So it's now day three of the trip. We went for breakfast up the mountain this morning which was lovely. How do you rate Turkish breakfast? 10 out of 11. It's really good. Just got back. I've replied to comments and now we're heading to a sandy beach and we're going to go for a swim read our books, chill out have a lovely time. Yeah that's the plan for this morning. So we've come to a gorge today we drove about, how far was it? Like 45 minutes? Yeah about that. And we just had breakfast and we've come to this gorge and apparently the water's 5 degrees so we'll have to see whether we'll go for a dip but look at this place, it's absolutely beautiful it's pretty busy but yeah it's really lovely. It's very Thailand-esque in the way that the tourism's done in this bit of Turkey. It really is. Wow. Really? Yeah. So shallow jumping in! I was like I didn't see anywhere else to go did you? I didn't see another road. I think they're just building this road. We're a bit early, come back in a few weeks. I'm not convinced. He's like, he's come wrong he must be a tourist. On the way back we maybe took a wrong turn but ended up passing here, the ancient loosened city of Tlos. With foundations of over 4000 years old it was incredible to wander around and admire the layout and building methods used back then. In mythology it was the city inhabited by Hero Bellerophon and his winged horse Pegasus and many think there is a tomb in the necropolis here dedicated to him. Thanks for watching, we hope you enjoyed seeing a little bit of a different video from us. Next week though we'll be back on Tailly and despite the damp we waste no time exploring the area.