Southampton

This is perhaps a little misleading as we are staying at a Premier Inn on the outskirts of the New Forest prior to catching the ferry from Portsmouth tomorrow afternoon. This will be challenging as the forecast is for rough weather probably gales in the Bay of Biscay. It will be a good test as to how the Stugeron tablets that we have bought work. It ought to be good practice for tackling the Drake Passage in January, or alternatively…..

We had a great family weekend only marred slightly by having to pack at the end of it. Packing is one of those things that I hate and it makes me tetchy. Laura left very early this morning so even now it was Dad taxi time. Getting up at 6am made we realise that I do not miss work. However I made the best of it by being in the gym when it opened at 7am. This meant that I felt very virtuous when I returned home for breakfast.

We had lunch in one of our favourite cafes in Malton, a bakery that serves lovely light lunches and baked goods as well as excellent coffee. Marion had arranged an Audible book to listen to in the car, a detective story, but unfortunately it was glacially slow. In the main the traffic was ok so we made it to our hotel by 9pm. Staying here will enable us to see Marion’s parents tomorrow en-route to Portsmouth and maybe get a quick walk on dry land.

Probably no blog tomorrow as we will be on the high seas, literally, I will post how we coped on Wednesday.