Hello everyone!
Our last friend having left a few days ago, our visitor marathon is now over. We’ve been incredibly happy to share some of our trip with family and friends but we’re now also happy to relax a bit and spend some time just the two of us!
Although we’re generally not very good at just relaxing, adopting a quieter lifestyle has been forced upon us these last days as it’s been raining quite regularly… We got to finally explore all the board games we’ve had onboard for the last months!
Navigation-wise, Brittany and the English Channel (in which we are now) have been very fun as we get to sail through pretty strong currents. The direction of such currents reverses every 6 hours. When timed properly and sailing with the currents, we can up to double our sailing speed! But when the currents are against us, we slow down to frustratingly slow speeds and can only wait for the currents to reverse again…
Since our last post, we visited Brest (which was rather a disappointment compared to other places in Brittany as there’s not much to see) and the very picturesque town of Roscoff, known for its famous onion.
As part of the random surprises we encounter along the way, a huge old ship replica berthed next to us in the harbour offering us a free tour. It’s actually an awesome business as it’s sailed by a few passionate sailors who finance it by lending it as film sets!
As you might have guessed from the described rainy weather, we’re now in the UK! Well, were actually on the channel island Guernsey right now and are planning to cross the English channel to UK-mainland tomorrow.
The end of our trip is approaching and our plans for the coming weeks are to explore the isle of Wight along the southern English coast, sail to Dover where we’ll meet Louis’ sister, and then head to the Netherlands where Misty Sea will meet its new owner!
Sailing Misty 