We took the Zeebrugge ferry on the 29th March, drove to Dijon the next day, bought la variety of Maille mustards.  The following day we drove to Villeneuve-Loubet near Nice and stayed in what used to be a typical French quirky hotel.  Then across the foot of the Alps and into Italy on the windy Autoroute/Autostrada and onto Monselice near Padua.  So thats about 380 miles per day for 3 consecutive days, we expected the next day to be a doddle, with only 40 miles to go.  Got to the ferry in plenty of time only to hear that Minoan Lines had cancelled all Venice ferries until June!  We had a choice drive to Ancona and get another ferry to Igoumenitsa 2 days later or get our money back and take the Anek Lines ferry to Igoumenitsa the next day.  We opted to cancel and to our suprise we got all our money back in cash!  We bought our ticket with Anek the next day and stayed in Mestre just over the water from Venice and had an afternoon in Venice.  So, for the same money as our original ticket we purchased the 2 ferry tickets and paid for a night in the hotel in Mestre-not a bad outcome.

When we got to Corfu we couldn't find the boat as it had been moved to the other side of the marina.   The  Weather has been like an English July; very changeable! Lots to do yet but lots done already.  I am now getting used to the sounds the boat makes in the silence of the night and sleeping better.

I've installed my Ebay purchased Garmin Marine Sat Nav, the AIS system and the first of my 2 solar panels.  The house batteries have died over the winter and we will need 3 new 140Ah batteries; yet more expense!

I hope to send the next blog from a sunny anchorage.