Feeling refreshed after almost 3 weeks at home, the time has come to set off again on the last leg of the UK Tour. On Friday evening we headed back to Hartlepool to our floating home. Our very good neighbours from Cawton, Sue and Peter, have not only been in loco parentis for our house and garden during our nautical adventures [thank you Peter - your grass cutting skills definitely deserve Olympic Gold] but also kindly offered to drive us back to Follyfin. Little did they know that we come with a lot of clobber.
Both Sue
and Peter
helped to stow the cargo before sharing a convivial supper with us on board.
Today has been devoted to preparing for our trip down the East coast over the next few weeks - re-provisioning, washing away bird droppings from the topside, cleaning various filters, inflating the dinghy etc. etc. We are looking forward to meeting up with several friends on the way to London. The schedule was shown in the post "The Last Leg" published earlier this week. Don't forget to get in touch if there is a chance of meeting up anywhere. We would love to see you!
Sorry to be missing you on the 31st in London - would love to join for the evening, but flight booked for the 30th. Thank you so much for fitting in some DIY in Bermondsey during your time on land Mick, and Fiona thank you for sparing your co-captain/fellow Sailor for a few days! Lara xx
ReplyDeleteNo problem Lara - glad to help in any way we can ... but sorry we will miss you in London. You will have to come aboard next summer when we will hopefully be sailing in warmer waters!
ReplyDeleteF & M xx