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We were woken at 11pm last night by an all girl crew wanting to raft up to us. I had to explain that we would be leaving at 5 or 6 am and they changed their minds😄. They explained that they wanted to raft to us as the boat was “tres chic”! We slipped our…

We dined well in a Marina restaurant in Brest last night. We then found a local sailors bar who served their local version of Calvados, (apple brandy) which was a lovely way to end the day. So the clock starts, limiting us to stay in Shengen countries for 90 in 180 days. A sad feeling…

Crew have arrived. New tender deployed to take us to Royal William Yard Have filed Border Force form C1331 to advise of our departure. Feels like a big step!

No more preparations – just some sailing! Neaps + 1 day. Low tide 08:17. 135 NM 27 hours passage. So we headed out at 11am letting the heavy rains subside. We encountered winds ranging from 7 to 20 knots (force 2-4) with 1-1.5 m waves on our starboard, which made for a little queasy start.…

Wow – what a massive task! Not only was it difficult choosing the groceries, – shout out to Julie and Nigel for their help – we then had to find homes for it all, from the bilges to almost every nook and cranny! It took 2 full days and many trips up and down to…

We have now fixed our sail plan. I can’t quite believe we are nearly there, after many months and hundreds of hours preparation. Impossible to have done this with a full time job!

We had a big birthday in the family – Sue’s 60th! So we chartered a beautiful Gullet and headed out to Turkey for a celebration. It allowed us to scope put some fabulous anchorages for when we go to Turkey next year for me to take a break (but do a little more planning!)

We arrived in Plymouth tired and hungry on 26 July The Mayflower Marina overlooks the former Royal Navy base which has now been occupied by bars and restaurants. Not a single pint of bitter to be found. When we asked, the reply was we don’t drink any of the Pride C+++ down here! Oh well.…

What a journey! Hopefully this will be the last of our journeys forced upon us by the clock as we had an appointment for the commissioning of a watermaker We departed at 09:00 on 25th July with 20 knots of wind, and as we headed out it picked up to 30 knots. The wind was…