Holidays

We've been going for 3 months now, and really felt it was time for a break.  A canal boat, for example, for a fortnight or so.  And so here we are in the centre of Narbonne.  It's certainly different!

We really enjoyed meeting up with old friends around Barcelona, and taking Cathy and Marion up to the French border at Port Bou.  They had to put up with some very strong winds - always in the wrong direction.  The Tramontana blows very hard off the Pyrenees a lot of the time, and it was hard going at times.

We finally got the mast down - in one piece - in France, after quite a lot of hassle.  It wasn't helped by our nearly complete inability to speak French after three months in Spain.  Two consecutive French words was a success.  And  - hard to believe - a huge marina at Port Leucate where no one admitted to speaking a word of English (oui, je parle de vous!).  If things work, we'll meet the mast again in Pauillac, on the Gironde.  I wonder how you put it up...