Back in Gib at last!
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Sun 3 Aug 2008 19:41
We eventually made
it back to Gibraltar yesterday, with an uneventful flight that was a pleasure
marred only slightly by the three kids in the seats in front of us whose
parents seem to have disowned them and left them to behave as badly as they
liked. (Note to selves - do not book any flights in future during school
holidays!)
The boat was as we
left it - well apart from a thick layer of builder's dust and some scratches on
the bows where she had obviously bumped into the pontoon. There were
also some rather deep gouges in the wooden edge of the pontoon, so I think
Scott-Free won that competition! One of our first jobs has been to wash
her down and she is now squeaky clean again and looking her lovely self
again. She's still a bit of a mess below where it looks like our bags have
exploded, but that's on the list for tomorrow.
The weather here is
very overcast and quite cool, which is nice because it will give us time to get
used to the heat again!
We just about
managed to get the house sorted and cleared, with help from the family.
Lee very kindly borrowed the van from work twice to take some of the larger
stuff away (thanks Lee!) - some of it to the house he and Kerrie are
currently doing up to move into! We're glad that some of Ron's things will
be used.
The sofa and
table and chairs will do for a while until they can afford something a little
more modern!
Lisa popped round
one afternoon with the boys who enjoyed exploring a strange house and the
overgrown garden...
and Kirstie and the
kids came round for lunch amongst the boxes and piles of
stuff.
Kirstie and MJ
have just seen
cake!
Jake being musical
Maisie posing and
Grandad being artistic with the new camera!We went for a walk
to the local park which turned out to be not quite so local, but the kids were
really good and walked a long way. Jake did well for one with such little
legs, although he did tell us many times he couldn't walk any further. MJ
didn't complain once - she is really growing up now into a lovely girl - just
like her Grandma!
We managed to get a
really quick appointment with the Probate office so were able to get that done
before leaving. It meant we had to go up to High Holborn rather than the
local office, but that was a small price to pay. Travelling into town just
served as a reminder of why we were keen to get back to the
boat...
See what I
mean?!We will probably be
in Gibraltar a few days while we sort out the boat and do some passage planning,
then we'll be off round the corner and up the coast of Spain. More
soon...