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    Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

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    • GilesG
      Giles
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      Sunrise and sunset.....

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      "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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        And flying the Q flag....Need to have Borderforce tell us that we are OK to enter UK.....

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        "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
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          @endo said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

          looks like you almost made it home

          We are thank you.

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          "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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          • ?
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            @Giles good to hear! G back in town! Thanks for this amazing journey and sharing

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            • GilesG
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              @goosehd said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

              Isn't that completely out of the ordinary?

              Yes.......

              "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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              • goosehdG
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                Docked and home?

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                • AlexA
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                  Looks like it..

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                  • GilesG
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                    Yes.......And I hit absolutely nothing.....:-)

                    First sighting in The Solent...

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                    "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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                    • goosehdG
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                      @Giles so…are you going to sleep in your bed at home or on the boat tonight?

                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                      • GilesG
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                        HOME.....

                        "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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                        • motojoboboM
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                          @Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

                          Yes.......And I hit absolutely nothing.....:-)

                          You will surely find other easier ways to meet seafaring folks and make new friends 😂😂😂

                          Congrats to Paula and you for completing your first long solo trip on Sakura!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

                          The journey is the objective.

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                          • GilesG
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                            Thank you, now to start the upgrades 🙂

                            "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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                            • ?
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                              @Giles welcom home G

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                              • jordanscollectedJ
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                                who took care of the cat @Giles?

                                world tours:
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                                • GilesG
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                                  Cats plural 🙂

                                  When we made the decision to get the boat, we knew we would be away a lot. We also wanted to be flexible and leave at a moment's notice if the weather looked good. We also did not know when we would be home from long trips. Witness our bad weather-enforced delay in Brest.

                                  When we renovated the house we made a self-contained flat downstairs, which @Alex lived in on and off for a few years. We have some young friends who would come and look after the cats and the house when we were away. They are saving up for a mortgage, so we came to an agreement with them; they live in the flat FOC, and in return, they look after the cats and the house when we are away, and keep on top of the mowing etc.

                                  If works perfectly for us, they dote on the cats and are super happy living here.

                                  A win win...

                                  "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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                                  • goosehdG
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                                    @Giles So the one cat has pulled through?

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                    • GilesG
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                                      Oh yes, I am so sorry that I did not let you know, especially after the care-call late at night. We had to go away, and Luke and Courtney were instructed to feed him minced beef and raw chicken until he could eat no more. When we came back, he was a lot better, now he is 100% his old adorable and irritating self....

                                      "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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                                      • goosehdG
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                                        @Giles Just like his owner... 🙂 Good to hear!

                                        "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                        • GilesG
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                                          I skip the adorable bit, that's the trouble.....

                                          "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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                                          • MattM
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                                            @Giles said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

                                            his old adorable and irritating self....

                                            Takes after his old man?

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