Action In Plymfleot ....

The Saxon ship under the command of Alfric of Wismer entered the mouth of the estuary, in the distance moving out of a side channel they could see a viking ship ....

 Ragnussen ordered the sail raised as they made the wider waters of the estuary, with a good sailing wind he could get out to sea quickly .....

 The Saxon ship headed towards the Viking longship

 Having spotted the saxon ship, the he viking ship edged toward the nearby shoreline., trying to manouver round them..

The Saxons moved in and tried to close and grapple .... archers on both ships let loose their bows .. a couple of men fell....

 The Saxon ship managed to grapple and hold the viking ship, pulling them close....

 Both side fought hard to prevent the other from boarding ...

 As they fought the ships edged closer to the shore ....

 The Vikings got the upper hand and some crossed over onto the fore deck of the Saxon ship ...

 More vikings boarded and they were soon pushing the Saxon's back ....

 The Saxons fought hard, they held the vikings at bay; at the critical moment their commander Alfric Wismar fell wounded and stumbled out of the fray collapsing on the aft deck ....

 The vikings pushed the saxons further back....

 they had soon cleared the fore deck of the Saxon ship of opposition ...

 As they pushed the saxons back a bit further, some of the vikings jumped back aboard their ship...

 The rest of the vikings followed, loosing a couple of men into the water; the grapple lines were cut ....

 The Saxons tried once more to grapple......

 But with no success, the viking ship was moving away ....

 Soon the viking ship was on its way down the estuary, the Saxon ship was facing the wrong way it could not turn quick enough ....

The viking ship headed out to sea, Ragnussen and his men were away .....

Out at Sea .....

Alerted to the viking raid, Thegn Rodor had ordered his small fleet of ships out to skirt the coast in the hope they could intercept them. 

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In the bow of one the Saxon ships the commander Alfric of Wismer, looks into the distance at the entrance to a wide estuary....

 as it is in the area where the vikings were last seen on land they move in-shore to investigate....

Under Way....

Ragnussen and his men made it back to the longship without further incident,  the booty on the pack horse and cart had to be unloaded and transferred to the ship...

 As they booty was put on board, the tents in the camp on the shore were taken down and stowed on board. As soon as they could they were underway ...

moving down the river towards the wider waters of the estuary .....

Ragnussen heads towards his longship ....

Snorri Ragnussen and his men were on their way back to their longship, they skirted the woods, they spotted some riders in the distance and took cover in a coppice

They watched the riders, they had halted to gain their bearings ...

With great relief they watched the mounted men ride off away from them. After a short while, they moved on - another hour or so and they would reach the ship; they proceeded cautiously.....