Back in Canada now, I had a busy three weeks back in the UK. Firstly I had to get down to Portsmouth for Isaac and his partner Holly, who both had graduated with first class honours degrees in Maths from Portsmouth University.
Back in West Kirby, the weather was great, and I was reminded just how lovely the Wirral is when the sun shines, I must try to schedule another day here in a few years time 😉
I made the decision last week to sell the apartment there, so I ended up with about ten days to pack up all my favorite possessions and get them into storage.
I was pleased to find I could fit everything into the back of a transit van, and in fact I didn’t really need to keep half of that. I left a furnished, but soulless flat behind me, and with Kathy we headed off to Manchester airport for the flight back home to the boat.
As we flew from the UK, Boris Johnson was taking over, it felt good to be departing at 500 mph travelling away from him.
The 9 hour flight to Vancouver was quite painless, and a few hours after arriving we took the small plane up to port Hardy. From there a taxi to the ferry at Port McNeill, just enough time to get some basic provisions from the supermarket before the 20 minute ferry ride back to Sointula. Once off the ferry, our good friend Jim met us and drove us back to the boat.
It’s great to be back, the boat is just fine, and we both slept well, going to bed around 11 pm, which was really 7am the next day in our internal clocks.
I managed to get Kathy connected up with her new AT&T sim, and being android, it means she can provide a hotspot to us, which is how I’m able to get this blog post out over 4g.
More once we are settled in.
Paul Collister
What a lovely surprise the first blog and many more to look forward to. Happy sailing to you both xx
Leaving Boris at 500mph. I might have it on a T shirt.
See ya in Mexico.
It’s probably quite nice and cool there, unlike the relentless humid heat back in the UK ??
Can’t believe all the whinging coming from people in the UK just cos it’s a little bit hot, you all need to Man Up a bit 😉
Sorry we missed you good to know you are safely back on the boat. We are also afloat and about to land in Reykjavik, Iceland tomorrow spending 10 days cruisin around. Catch up when we return. 73 & 88’s Win & Neil.
Hi Neil & Win, Yes it was a flying visit home, I got to see Peter and Joan, and dumped a load of radio/fax stuff off with him.
Reykjavik is a place I would love to visit one day. I think we probably flew over you on the way out here.
Have fun,
Paul & Kathy
Okay, time for us to make plans for me to do a leg with you two. Contact me! Really!
Hi Bruce, I sent you an email.
Hi Paul, finally able to sort of relate to your life aboard. Just finished 6 days on my friends Moodey 31: Howth to Arklow (6 hours plain sailing), hung out for 2 days (weather) chance to sit in pub and watch Offaly man Shane Lowery win the British Open; Arklow to Aberystwyth (16 hours night sail); Aberystwyth to Milford Haven (20 hours all kinds of sailing). Looking forward to you summer reports.
Sounds great Richard, I’ve never sailed into those ports, but I hear Aberystwyth is lovely, I have a friend from there.
I’m all geared up for a good sail at this end, should be off in a few days now. Can’t wait, blog posts might be sparse as there’s no connectivity where were headed, but hopefully lots of bears.
Cheers,
Paul.