September– The Hurricane Season.

    So, here we are back in the UK!  Decidedly cooler but very pleasant.  The lift-out went well,

Lift Out at Power Boats Yard.

 followed by the mast being lifted off

and ‘Piano’ being coaxed into the shed in Skinners Yard.

She was left overnight while they sorted out the doors

          All the boxes were unloaded by the weekend and just Malcolm’s tools to off load before leaving.

 I managed to get the cupboards and floor joints sealed before the headlining came down.

       Since we have been home we have delighted in home cooking, Sunday roast Lamb (from Romney Marsh) and real local cheese! With venison and port sausages for a BBQ at the bay.  Ned & Hannah brought some brambles and apples round to make a pie  This involved a full cooking lesson so that they could repeat the exercise when needed. It was devoured while still hot!
Next the Sandwich Carnival... 7th September 2013.

Not as LOUD as the Caribbean!

  How novel, a trip to the cinema to see 'About Time' which we thoroughly enjoyed.
  Hannahs’ birthday on Saturday so family party with cake  And the Southampton boat show next week (which we got free tickets for) so no excuse for giving up spending money on ’Piano’ .
      A couple of visits on the way to see Malcolm's sister who does so much looking after the post for us, we also got to see Mark and Hannah who dropped in to say Hi.
The Truro Food Festival is now a regular feature on our return home.  Real Cornish Cheese, clotted cream, and fresh local vegetables! Ohhh such heaven.
During the Falmouth Oyster Festival we were able to see the working boats race, and The best Rigger in the land came first (of course) with his crew aboard S/Y ’Victory’.  Well done David!  More Cornish food for sale so we stocked up for our final week with local organic meats etc.
  Our visit to the Eden Project

is fully written up with the captions on Picassa, and you should have had an invitation to view them by now, so no more here!
Minor running repairs are almost finished at the Cottage, the Jacuzzi, and Sauna are fully operational and working very well!  I hope our visitors appreciate all we have done to make their holiday a success.  We look forward to returning to the warmer climes of the Caribbean very soon!