After our Channel Islands excursion, we took an enforced two week break from the boat (note: not from buying boat parts tho....) to have a think about what worked and what didn't, and then crack on. During the break, we visited Twickenham with Lauren's parents to see the World Sevens Tournament and did some testing of bread recipes in preparation for the big trip.
This weekend past then had a Bank Holiday attached to it so we cracked on with some of the bigger projects.
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(Warning: long post ahead) So we made it to the Channel Islands. Tuesday 29th, we left Chichester Hbr on the high tide, fuelled up, then headed west to Yarmouth for a quick overnighter before the crossing.
The trip through the Solent was uneventful - sunshine, plenty of sails and the steady drone of our engines propelling us to another new harbour.
Day #2 - After a 01:30 start, we blasted our way down through the Needles and cracked on with the Channel crossing as the [.....]