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We're on the road again. We left Kostroma at 8:20 in the morning, it was raining and there were two bridges ahead, under which, in theory, we should pass almost tightly. Our mast height is 14m 80cm and sooner or later this season we will have to put it down. This is sad, and in front of each oncoming bridge, which threatens us with a minimum surface clearance, we are in awe))) Bridges have several characteristics - the design (at the maximum water level) and design (normal) levels are important to us. So, it often turns out that the height of our mast is somewhere in the middle, and when no onecannot tell us the actual height of the bridge at the moment, we are slowly approaching, trying on, and while we are lucky)))

The bridges have passed. The second with a very small margin in height, although, judging by the pilot's guidance, it should be higher than the first.

We haven't had a single wild stop this year. I pretty much missed them and, although it is only about 60 km from Kostroma to Plyos, we planned that we would stop for a day in one of the convenient (as it seems on the map) bays and spend the day there. Here, we passed the first one, apparently it is too convenient and there is no place for us, and even more so for a quiet rest there)))

At 13:45, not reaching Plyos 10 km, we stood in a small channel away from the ship's passage. The place is not very comfortable, but nice. We dropped one anchor from the bow and one from the stern, so that we would not be swept along the creek by the changeable wind.

On the map, these thickets of grass and reeds are marked as an island, but in reality it is just a shallow. The weather has improved a little, but the wind is very strong. We are getting ready to swim ashore in an inflatable boat, walk our dog, and then I will swim to these thickets and indulge in photography - I see through binoculars that there are a lot of birds, and very different ones.

Well, before I had time to launch the dinghy, as under another strong gust of wind, the front anchor crawled. The boat quickly turned around, and now we are standing the other way around: at the stern anchor. And the wind does not think to weaken. Well, in Plyos, so in Plyos. We fussed with the selection of anchors for almost an hour and at 14:50, finally, left the channel and quickly covered the remaining 10 km.

Everything is fine, but, of course, I'm a little dejected by the broken photo hunt))

A little before reaching Plyos ... They say that somewhere here Medvedev has a dacha ..

At 16:09 we stood at the pier in the very center of Plyos. The first building I saw

It has several commemorative plaques.

The one on the top left is obviously redundant))

The town is very nice, clean and not crowded.

Retro motorcycles are displayed right on the street.

Apparently, the town comes to life only when the ship arrives with tourists

But the souvenir market is open

In addition to us, there were only two more visitors, the sellers walk to visit each other ..

Or even go out to chat outside the gate.

But the main "souvenir" in Plyos is fish!

It seems that fish shops compete with each other in design

And the sellers in them are very nice, and they don’t mind the photo at all, even if you don’t buy anything

Fish for every taste! Still, I could not resist, and I bought one pike perch)))

main square

It's a little busier here - a bus with tourists came

Then we walked a little along the street with private houses. They are all well maintained, and apparently, the repair of some is subsidized by the state.

Wooden architecture is also present

Plyos is located on the high bank of the Volga, and there, at the top, there are observation platforms and other sights, but we returned to the sailboat to have a little rest. And yes, we even reached the monument to the cat, here it is.

A company of seagulls gathered on our pier, but when they saw us, they flew away

The wind finally died down

And before going to bed, we once again walked to the central square and back. I looked into the windows of the sailboat club. Thumbs up!))

Attractions Plyos. We, by tradition, examined only a small part

And the storm is coming again, it's time to run to the boat!

We did it) Another 5 minutes and it started to rain

But in the morning the weather pleased!

At 5:17 we departed from the pier

Goodbye, Ples!

Thanks for reading, to be continued...