Back to the UK
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Fri 30 Nov 2012 18:11
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Thursday 29 November 2012
Once into the marina we could hook up to the
internet and book flights to the UK and we flew via Tenerife today.
It was a productive time.
Lin had her eyes tested and bought new glasses and sunglasses and we
both made our routine doctor visits. My doctor confirmed that
the bursitis in the elbow would take time to heal but needn't inhibit sailing so
that was the all clear we wanted.
Our satellite phone on the boat links to a laptop
so we can request and view weather forecasts when at sea. We decided
that as our laptop is 6 years old, which is prehistoric in PC terms and
therefore might fall over at any time, we had better get another as a back up so
we did the research and found something suitable.
We stayed in Rugby with Lin's parents and Andrea
and Helen came up for the weekend which was wonderful. We had not seen
Helen for 18 months because she was doing her 'world tour' when we were last in
England and we hadn't seen Andrea for 11 months. Lin also hadn't seen
her sister Jan, who now lives in Australia, since last Christmas and we
were going to miss her when she and her family came to England this
Christmas. Fortunately she happened to be in London for a conference
so we managed to see her for lunch in Richmond one day as well.
Unfortunately we didn't get to see all family though and sadly we saw none of
our friends. The boat and it's further preparations beckoned.
Helen and Andrea with our niece, Hannah, out to
dinner:-
 Sitting with my daughters. Andrea amused by
my unsuccessful attempt at holding in my midriff:-
 All my girls:-
 Lin with her sister Jan - showing the family
smile:-
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