It's all as beautiful as it ever was!

Back from St Albans with the inevitable bulging carful of stuff for life on board Kantara, all of it was offloaded and put away before we collapsed in a heap on the sofa to eat dinner and watch a dreadful film. But who cares about dreadful films, eh? We were back. And it's all as beautiful as it ever was!

There's a long list of things we need to do on Kantara; a couple before we set out on the cut, and the rest to be done en route. Where that route will be, we haven't decided. I'm all for tossing a coin at each junction, and seeing where that takes us.

Changing water filter (in a small cupboard very close to the washing machine - not easy) took three times as long (or was it four?) as it ought, but that made our final success all the more pleasing. The weather today's very good. Several of our friends are now back and planning their journeys. Tomorrow's forecast is for heavy rain, so we'll use the day to collect the last box-load of stuff from the house, then return to paint the cratch board, install the new tunnel-light and horn, and plant a trough of herbs.

Where we go and how we get there I'll be telling you over the coming months.