Thank God – we are safely moored in Salalah.

The quayside is a deserted waste land back by a huge hill of grey crumbling earth and is the best site I have seen in quite a while !

We moored stern too and so I bought the boat in whilst Mark set the anchor on the bow and then threw the lines to other ralliers ashore.

The sense of relief hit me at that point and I burst into tears, I might have done my hair but the face was a mess !

It has taken Mark 2 ½ hrs and lots of money to get checked in and he has just returned, we have 5 mins to get ready to go to the Oasis Club for a buffet dinner.

Hey - forget the dinner – the best bit about tonight will be going to bed and sleeping through the night knowing that we are safe !