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Treguier
Left Paimpol in drizzle and no wind with limited visibility. Cautiously making our way out with the tide ebbing with us. It should have been a very scenic hop round to Treguier but, to be honest, we could only see … Continue reading
Pampered in Paimpol
Arrived in Paimpol on the north Brittany Coast. An interesting entrance as it dries to over 4 metres so you need a big tide to get safely through. However, the scenery is stunning and we are now safely in a … Continue reading
Jersey Sunshine
We have arrived in St Helier to glorious sunshine and 21 degrees. As it is a bank holiday weekend, it transpires that there is a boat show in the marina! Also, because of the German occupation in WWII, both the … Continue reading
Nous sommes arrivées!
Finally, we have made it across the channel yesterday. We left around 0600 and got into Cherbourg around 1900 UK time. There was very little wind and what there was, was on the nose of course. Still happy to finally … Continue reading
Nimmie knows best or maybe just doesn’t want to leave
There we were thinking that we were about to leave and Nimmie decided we weren’t! The fail safe equipment decided to jam. Somehow the hydro vane that is our wind driven auto pilot managed to get jammed and a pin … Continue reading
Cost cutting gone too far?
I know we have to be conscious of costs from now on in but I think we can afford getting our hair cut now and then. Liz, however, clearly has other ideas!
Heating fixed
Well, the weather may not be conducive to sailing across the channel but we used the day constructively to do a number of chores and ensuring that the heating works again. It is looking like we may be going on … Continue reading
Looking like D-Day will be a day or two later
With the weather looking wet and windy for the middle of the coming week, we are considering delaying our departure by a day or two. Combined with the fact that we want to ensure that the heating is working and … Continue reading
Why is it that the heating decides to pack in just before we are leaving?
We are down at the boat at the moment, packing our belongings into Nimrod. Amazingly, our clothes were easily accommodated but the bottles have taken a bit longer to stow! Disappointingly, the heating decided to pack up so we will be taking … Continue reading
The Packing Has Begun!
The momental task of trying to sort out what clothes we should take with us has begun! We are figuring that we will have about three/four weeks of clothes with us plus one smarter set (in case we get invited … Continue reading
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