Is "No News" "Good News"?

"Why" my reader asks "has there been no blogging from Albatross?

What has happened since 5 June, perhaps we are.........

a. enjoying great sailing and no time for blogging
b the fan has removed the rest of my fingers and unable to blog
c. eaten by Putin, no more blogging at all
d. sailed back to Blighty, no blogging mid channel
e. flown back to Blighty to repair fingers/dog bites
f. got bored of blogging
g. other....

Well, Dear Reader, it is of course "g"...... 

The 2018 voyage .... part 1

Reader(s) may be relieved to hear of the merciful passing of Bonzo our faithful guard dog.  We are confident that his successor “Putin” will more than fill his shoes.

Reader(s) may also remember that Albatross was last seen moored at Noss-on-Dart-building-site-marina from where an intrepid voyage to the Baltic Sea was being planned.

No more! 

With a perfect new mooring at Kingswear, we decided to explore Devon, Cornwall and Brittany again.  The Baltic can wait.

27^th May 2018

To Salcombe.  We motored all the way using our very nice shiny new engine (obviously) and moored at “The Bag”.

28^th May

To Fowey.  We like Fowey and moored at our usual pontoon.

Fowey

29^th May

To L’Aberwrac’h.   We left at 0450 (BST) and arrived at 2000 (BLT*).  The inner side of the wave break was “full” but we eventually found a berth elsewhere.  Yotties are usually more helpful.  Our shiny new engine had a puddle of seawater underneath it. This gave me something to worry about. This is important.

31^st May

To Camenbert (Near Camaret). We often visit this little harbour, although it is hard to find on the chart.   I fixed the leak.  Hurray!

Jean at the helm

1^st June

To St Evette.  Unfortunately, whilst checking for the 6^th time that I really had fixed the engine water leak, I managed to stick my left little finger in the extractor fan.  Fortunately a blade came off the fan before my finger was properly sliced.  This gave me a new problem to worry about, which is of course important. We like anchoring in St Evette.

A damaged fan

2^nd June

To Loctudy. We were low on fuel (more worry) and we had tidal calculations to complete, so I was fully engaged by the worries of command.  We saw lots of dolphins.

We like Loctudy. We refuelled and went to the supermarket and stayed 2 nights (in Loctudy not the supermarket). The very nice lady in the Capitainerie said that all the restaurants would be open on Sunday evening. They weren’t.

4^th June

To Benodet.   Nearly 4 miles, so we went by sea.  It rained a lot in the afternoon, so we went to the supermarket.  After tea the very nice Customs Man visited our boat, but he didn’t want any tea.

We had planned to go out to supper, but it was raining and I was running out of non-sequiturs, so I decided to catch up with my blog. Such is life.

 *BLT=FST=BST+1