Half Time was launched on 9th April and we went straight round to Torquay for a few nights R & R before more decorating of David &Tanyas flat.
I then helped a good friend bring his new (to him) Moody 29 back from Portsmouth to Plymouth. An uneventful trip of about 120 miles which took us 20 hrs. My highlight was on my watch during the night (just before midnight) when we were joined by four dolphins for about 30 minutes, weaving around the boat in the middle of Lyme Bay. Amazing phosphoresence as they swerved and dived, magic!
It's now Easter weekend and we have moved the boat into Torquay Marina for a night or two to enable the family to all meet up on the water. There should be seven of us on board, eight if you count Emma, our grand daughter who is almost a year old now. Altogether there should be myself, Sue, Carly (daughter) and Matt (boyfriend) down from Manchester for the weekend, David (son) and Tanya (partner), Jake (Tanyas son) and Emma
Easter Monday (hopefully) will see us heading off from Torquay west again. We hope to make it to the Isles of Scilly this year but as always, the weather will dictate. We should be away for about a month before we need to return for a dentists appointment and then head across channel with Ian ( a friend of ours) for five or six weeks exploring the Channel Islands and Brittany.
Life is for living so we are trying to as much as we can.
Wish us luck.
