The wind finally died down a bit and we left Berthon on Sunday morning.  Lizzie dropped us over there and we came round and anchored at Avon Beach.   We then went home in the tender and picked lizzie up and went back down to the boat.  George brought the grandparents down to Avon beach to wave us off which was lovely.  Ben came down by rib and he and George circled round us.  Cumfrumbrum and Big Teau were out and waved us off too.  Quite a lumpy trip over to Studland where we had a very peaceful night at anchor.  Up at 4.30 and left at 5am with a beautiful sunrise.   Travelling alongside Ann, Paul and James on Lacoushla.   Wind was of course on the nose all the way to Alderney so we motor sailed.  A pleasant crossing in 9 and a half hours.  The weather pattern on this side of the channel seemed to be completely different and it was hot and sunny. We all went ashore for a walk round the very pretty town of St Annes.  Then it was back to the boat for tea and cake.  Nick Woolley came in on Woolly Knickers and came to join us.  A beautiful evening with dinner in our cockpit.  James was really impressed that we had ice cream!
Not such an early start to get the tide through the Swinge and down to Guernsey.  Left at 7.30 and did the 23 miles in just under 3 hours.   On the way we had huge outfalls between Alderney and Burhou.  There was then a dramatic Mayday on the radio where a crew member had fallen in the water from a ship mid channel (he was recovered and sent to hospital). This was followed by entering a fog bank.  Lacoushla was only a few hundred yards away but disappeared completely for a while.  Luckily the fog cleared before we arrived at the channel for Guernsey.  Saw our first dolphins too, although Lizzie missed them and thinks we were joking.  Since tying up here we have had cloud, hot sun and then rain and now it's just cloudy again.  Fellow Moody 54 owners Denis and Sadie who live here came down to visit this afternoon which was very interesting as we could compare notes on our boats.   Tomorrow Lizzie and I are going to visit the shops and we will head off again on Thursday weather permitting.