I arrived back from the my short trip to the UK, we stocked the boat up with food and water for the journey, stowed it all away and got ourselves organized. We awoke the next morning, checked the weather, which was once again bad and not as predicted from the weather charts. Whilst Mark was deciding whether we should go or not, he received the sad news that his step father was ill in hospital. Decision made, no questions, we were going home.
We have therefore not made it to the Canary Islands, instead we motored up the river and left the boat in a much cheaper port in Lisbon. Tom has flown back to the snowy mountains of Val D’Isere, and Mark and I have flown back to brave the cold and snow in the UK.
The boat's home for the next few months
Bye bye Tom, see you in Val!
Thankfully Mark’s stepdad is now slowly on the mend but due to the constant bad weather and difficult sailing conditions, we have decided to wait until the weather warms up and the sea is calmer before continuing on with the trip. I have been assured that sailing is a lot more fun in when you can wear vests and shorts!
Now it’s back to the grind for a few months in London so that we can spend many more months continuing our extended holiday and updating this site with much more interesting stories and pictures of destinations further afield!
Watch this space…
Snowed in down in Somerset
How many dogs?!
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