arrived he is a Working Cocker Spaniel and albeit he enjoys life on board his demands to go ashore at 23:00 hours and 05:30 hours whilst we are moored in the middle of Conwy Harbour is no joke…especially if it’s blowing a hooley and raining (which seems to be the norm lately), 
perhaps in hindsight we should have thought more about those difficulties. Life after Cherry Pie has been debated with thoughts of a touring caravan with a Topper sailing dinghy on the roof rack (“I don’t think so”) and loads of walkies with Skip “its easy to just let him out of the door”… says Ruth 
. After 30 years we still enjoy our visits to Conwy and sailing (when its nice), so in order to redress the “Status Quo” I err that is… we have decided the best way forward is a bigger boat with more room for “Skipper” his own bed and a berth in the marina (a place that for us would take some getting used to!) such an arrangement will make it easier for Ruth to help “Skipper” to take care of his business. Ruth says we are getting a bit too old for sailing, (speak for yourself) I reminded her 
that Sir Francis Chichester did not start sailing until he was 65 years of age and voyaged around the world (no he didn’t have a Cocker Spaniel on board!) It will be very sad day when we have to wave goodbye to “Cherry Pie” however if the next owner has half as much fun as we have had then that will compensate a little. An advert offering “Cherry Pie for sale will appear in the sales/wanted section. “Cherry Pie” is now at home (Stoke on Trent) and we are now on the hunt for a Parker 235.STOP PRESS Other boat now aquired.Cherry Pie now sold