It was great to catch up with friends when we were home and would you believe I even managed to slip in a Body Combat class, can’t say how much I miss that. Another thing we managed to slip in was great weeks skiing in Courchevel with all the usual crowd and some new additions, once again a fantastic time was had.
It was time to head back to Portugal. We were driving a van back with some stuff for Billy and Jayne’s house and we took the opportunity to take some things out for the boat, solar panel, whisker pole and antifoul. We were driving to Portsmouth then getting the ferry to Bilbao, well that was the plan. The weather had different ideas though, it was very windy and our ferry was cancelled to the next day, this one was also cancelled so our only other option was to get one to Caen in Northern France which added on a further thirteen hours of driving. I was so disappointed; I was looking forward to going across Biscay in some heavy weather. Maybe I would have changed my mind once in it, but we had such a calm crossing on Camira (thankfully) and I wanted to see what it was like when it was a bit rough. Mad, yes I think so!
Check out bottle of wine at side of the bed !!! lol
Anyway, the rest of the trip went trouble free, albeit, we had some awful weather which made the driving very tiring for Gordon. Typical man, wouldn’t let me take the wheel, I think he really enjoyed being a white van man.
I very quickly made new curtains and cushions for the boat before Gordon took my sewing machine back to put in storage two days later. I stayed in Portugal this time, I’d had enough of the van by then. Once again, Diane very graciously put him up for the time he was home.
