Oddly, with all this time, I forgot to blog yesterday. The gales continue and so do our explorations of Boulogne sur Mer. So yesterday (Sunday) we got up a bit earlier and hussled out to the advertised Braderie expecting an antique market with interesting knick knacks from ancient chateaux ... sadly it was mostly modern clothing and shoes with just a handful of car boot stalls. We did get a couple of small things, and the rain held off until we were ready for a grand cafe au lait and brisk walk back to the boat.
As we are filing these blogs by email we cannot predict the layout of multiple pictures, however I'm sure you can see which one is our French style lunch back at the boat. An afternoon then of little tasks about the boat interspersed with relaxation. As it is the day after, I can report great success with fitting snubbers on the mooring warps plus bits of plastic hose where the lines pass through the fairleads plus relaxing the lines and setting up a new one to hold her off the pontoon ... she rolls as she wants to with no jerking or squeaking, we had a quiet night despite the swell that finds it's way into the marina.
There is a pic showing the sea breaking over the harbour wall, which is why we ain't going anywhere by boat today.
Instead we spent many interesting hours in the Nausicaa which is a sea-life centre - great sharks! (See pic) Unfortunately all the small children in the region were there with us, but we rose above it as we trampled them underfoot.
Now we are sitting in our cockpit watching the marina world go by, drinking tea and eating cake. As I look around, and despitethe extremely stiff breeze, almost every boat has someone huddled with a book and a mug in the cockpit - it's that time of day.
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