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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      Maiden cruise - Isle of Wight for lunch…..

      Cap'n @Chap

      Cap'n @Madame Buttonfly

      Moored up on the Medina River, waiting for the boat ferry to take us to the pub

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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      • ChapC
        Chap
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        Cap‘n @Giles

        “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
        — Winnie The Pooh

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        • ChapC
          Chap
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          The whole crew

          “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
          — Winnie The Pooh

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          • ChapC
            Chap
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            Pilgrim pimped

            “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
            — Winnie The Pooh

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            • dinobarnesberlinD
              dinobarnesberlin
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              Thats a Mötley crew if I ever saw one  😃
              The big smiles say it all….really happy for you guys!!

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              • KasiK
                Kasi
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                Lovely picture’s

                Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                Some dream of being cool, I make it look dangerous.🖕

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                • ROmanR
                  ROman
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                  Looks great.

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                  • Madame ButtonflyM
                    Madame Buttonfly
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                    We had a wonderful day yesterday, thanks @Chap for putting up with our Pilgrim obsession during your stay and thanks @Ian72 for skippering us safely over to Cowes and back - gorgeous weather, great lunch and Giles and I grinning like Cheshire cats the entire trip  😉

                    AKA Mrs G

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                    • AnesthetistA
                      Anesthetist
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                      Love the maiden voyage pics and congratulations G&P!

                      So who makes that killer briefcase/satchel next to Capn Giles?

                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                      IG: bluehandsslim

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                      • GilesG
                        Giles
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                        It's by Faith.  i think we have a few here. @Graham ?

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • AnesthetistA
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                          Beautiful @Giles I will have to give them a look…

                          IG: bluehandsslim

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                          • GilesG
                            Giles
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                            Yeah, as my eye-sight fails and I need to carry truckloads of shit (but, like not too much), I needed something that would work.  @Kurt-faith came up with the goods…..

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • GrahamG
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                              @Anesthetist We will have the bag that Giles posted along with a natural version and both in a smaller version photographed, detailed, and available on the website soon. Will update you as soon as we have all the details.

                              🤘

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                              • GilesG
                                Giles
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                                Today, we went to collect the tender.  Next Monday we start our 5 day Day Skipper Theory course, @Madame Buttonfly took the opportunity to do some pre-course required swotting…..

                                The tender had to be partially deflated to get into the van, thank God I took the rear seats out of the van…..

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
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                                  Today, @Madame Buttonfly and I pumped up the rib, attached the outboard, started it (took me a little time until I found the fuel tap - in the end, Paula had to read the instruction manual, which as most men know, is a little bit cheaty), and took her to Pilgrim.

                                  Here she is installed on the coach roof….

                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  • Madame ButtonflyM
                                    Madame Buttonfly
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                                    My husband is like a dog with two dicks!  😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃

                                    We did have a lot of fun today, after some cursing and after the "how you use the outboard motor" manual had eventually been consulted  ::)

                                    AKA Mrs G

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                                    • GilesG
                                      Giles
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                                      Classroom work….

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • ManticoreM
                                        Manticore
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                                        @Madame:

                                        My husband is like a dog with two dicks!  😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃

                                        Quite the visual…  ??? 😃 😉

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                                        • jordanscollectedJ
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                                          @giles, I think I saw that boating hat on clearance on Sonder, maybe you could also get an employee discount and keep that noggin from getting sunburnt.

                                          Looking stellar in the dingy, although i feel you were going a little fast for trolling.

                                          world tours:
                                          888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                                          Mad Red x2
                                          Wabidashery

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
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                                            This week is the hardest I have worked intellectually for over 40 years.  But @Madame Buttonfly and I both passed.  We have our 4 day practical on the boat booked for early July.

                                            All I really want to do now is go to bed, but we have a party in London…..

                                            On the train.....

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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