It was a bit sad. The crew looked sad. As we only had a 45 minute flight it was not a big deal. Due to an abnormal northerly wind we even flew over the house in Hythe Marina on final approach to Southampton airport. It was still there and seemed to have a roof too.
Whilst boatless (sniff) we had a few nice things in the diary. Staying with the toddlers in Hythe, then visiting John (the knees) and Tina on the Isle of Wight. This is John, looking at Facebook. The picture had to be posted there as John "on Facebook on Facebook":
So, sorry ladies, the photographer carelessly cut off those amazing knees. We will try harder for you next time we meet up.
We also inherited Izzy the Cockerpoo (and our Goddog) for a few days to help out her owner. She joined us in a trip "up north" to Hamsterley Mill (look it up like we had to first time!) Trundling slowly northwards in our Defender - you have to in a Defender - we passed a broken down Land Rover test mule vehicle on an AA truck heading home:
Kind of embarrassing for them.
"Up north" we and Izzy had a great time. Here is the almost compulsory group photo:
As you can see, Izzy was very girlie and wanted her photo taken. Archie on the other hand was more interested in some scents.
Whitley Bay beach was great fun if a little noisy as both dogs wanted to test out their vocal cords:
Izzy kept busy looking windswept and digging holes for Archie to admire:
Woodland walks around these guys:
and the dogs wisely avoided them as did we.
Meanwhile we knew that work was continuing on the boat thanks to email and some Facebook posts by the yard showing the copper coloured Coppercoat, not the old coating that had turned green:
As you can see, she was in good company; the Alderney lifeboat looks tempting but we would hate her fuel bills.
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