Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

Giles

Within 10 minutes of arriving here, we were welcomed by an old friend who used to moor next to us in Gosport, we did not know he was here, so it was a lovely surprise. What was even nicer was he gave us a care package…

And, yes that is a Saucisson

endo

exactly what I need right now

goosehd

…someone has mentioned oysters and I haven’t seen a pic yet. I can’t be the only one waiting

endo

If he starts posting pictures of oysters now, my envy will explode.

goosehd

Yep…sitting at a table, good company, a cold beverage or two, and a plate full of freshly shucked oysters…couldn’t be that bad

Giles

Yeah, sorry. Will try to correct that soon.....

We were taken out to dinner in Barfleur bt our old Haslar Marina neighbour. I have (just) 6 Oysters, followed by Tuna...

Giles

Tomorrow, we sail around the Cherbourg Peninsular, and through The Alderney Race to Dielette. Some of the trickiest waters in Europe to navigate, it will be a day off Spring Tides, so the currents will be strong, but luckily there should be very little wind to make things even more complicated....

This is current map at about 90 mins into our passage. Red is strong, dark red/black, extremely strong....Going to burn some fuel...

Later in the day, and at last we will have current pushing us....