We are soon to be setting off across the Thames estuary and to the Channel. We arrived in Harwich on Friday after a 400 mile sail from Peterhead. It was four days and nights at sea and we had many kinds of weather. There were various winds strengths and at last some sunshine which was most welcome.
We arrived at Harwich at the darkest part of the night around 2 in the morning and had a time finding the proper lights to guide us in. The wind was getting up and the commercial traffic was busy. Harwich/Felixstowe is a very busy container depot as well as there being lots of yachts. I managed to speak to the marina office on the VHF radio and the on duty guy was helpful guiding us in. Not beautiful, but interesting.
Latterly I have been practising my cooking at an angle and am getting more used to it. The standard of food on board is pretty good and the sea air makes us hungry.
I'm writng this just before breakfast and we have put waypoints into the GPS to help guide us through various sandbanks and round the Goodwin Sands into the channel proper.
Hopefully the warmth we are beginning to feel will be with us for a while. We have managed to dry most things and even did a laundry washing yesterday. Aren't we organised!
Must go and eat.
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