STOP PRESS!!!

We are leaving very early Saturday morning with the intention of going straight across the Bay of Biscay and on to North Spain (and thats final!)

even Ringer is getting pissed off waiting

Recovering from last night (again)........

Dee cooked Mike a lovely birthday tea

Then we went back to the pub!

Definitely gonna have an alcohol free day today.

And on the weather front.......its finally getting better :)

View from my bed this morning

rain, rain and more rain

Well, we're still here.....

Bad weather forecast for tomorrow....even the Scillonian sailing is cancelled

Not often you see the Scillonian tucked up inside the harbour

chock full of boats of all shapes and sizes

Meanwhile.... shopping

New Shoes!!

P.S. Its Mikes half century tomorrow :)

How many farewell drinks can you have?

Mike with the Gry Maritha in the background

 A lovely day dawned......

A welcome visit from some fellow sailors - Neil and Paula




But we didn't leave today......gale force 9 forecast tonight :(
Went to Newlyn instead!

Newlyn Duck Race

The Winner!

And a  jolly good day was had by all :)

They're from Luxemburg....

Me and Brian x

Dees brother and sister-in-law

Nice weather for ducks!

This is Ringer, our newest crew member. Follow his tropical adventures here.

Now we're getting silly.....

I'm worried that I may not have enough books

The boat library

view from the boat this morning

and the good news is.........

the wind is supposed to be going around to the West on Sunday. So looks like we will be off to France!!

At least with all this rain we know we don't have any leaks

Penzance now

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The weather is not looking good :(

Don't you just hate it when this happens???

countdown to departure

Five days to go (hopefully!)

Penzance

Time to start looking at weather forecasts again......

Skipper deep in thought

Phantom Lady gets launched at Gweek earlier in the summer....

some last minute adjustments by Joe

putting the tender in the water

ready to go in.......

Where we going to put everything???

And I've hardly started yet.................


Good job the boat is quite spacious

Heidi

I'm sure gonna miss my beautiful cats......

Lily

Great night at Falmouth last night. Met up with some friends who are also leaving for sunnier climes.
Now its time to get Phantom Lady over to Penzance........
Left Mike and Joe to it whilst I get on with some more stuff at home.
They are being assisted today by Robbie :)

Soon it will be time to replenish the stores

Still undecided about medical insurance......its working out so expensive. Seems its ok if you are only going to be doing short trips of under 90 days but once you go over that the costs are astronomical!
We will be within the EU until we leave the Canaries anyway so will just leave it til then to decide.
When you are on a limited budget its not always easy to decide how to allocate the money!!

The countdown begins.....

Last day at work today. Still loads to do before we go. Planning on leaving next Wednesday or Thursday (weather permitting)
Mike and Joe are going to bring the boat round to Penzance from her mooring on the Helford - with a quick diversion to Falmouth on Friday for the last night of Falmouth Week celebrations :)