Interregnum

A day of preparing to leave the boat for a while as we go variously to London, Lytham & Kirkcaldy for work and family. 

Rob & Hugh at the Royal Clarence Marina are very helpful and we know they will keep a close eye on her for us, as they do all the boats in their charge (and they do have some huge yachts and motor boats). 

So we moved Sirena IV to her allocated berth, cleaned the salt off everything, did the washing, ate as much of the remaining food as possible, packed two bulging rucksacks, battened down the hatches and hiked the 15 mins to the Gosport ferry which whisked us over to the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour rail station. The weather was good enough to rain on us, an attempt perhaps to lessen the sorrow of parting. Now we are trundling through Hampshire, which seems slightly strange. 

We will let family & friends know when this blog restarts.