Well another busy weekend, this time with Dave, Sian and Josh, they arrived Friday night and on Sat morning we set off to the Hamble on Rowena, the weather was cloudy but calm and we sat up top all the way. When we got to the Hamble there was room on the town quay for us, so giving all the on lookers a treat we moored up and had our lunch there. A couple we had met in Paimpol last year recognised Rowena and came to say hello which was very nice. We had a four hour stay and then came back to Portsmouth, Russell and Jon came to see us on Venture and took some good photos, they had been wakeboarding and looked a bit cold! We got back to Portsmouth at 5 and by 6 were speeding along the solent on Venture for our tea in Cowes, Josh and Dave did the driving, we came back in the dark which is an adventure and lovely to see all the lights of Portsmouth. Sunday, after we had managed to drag Paul away from his cleaning, we went to the submarine museum, it was very good, we had a good look on and around the submarine well worth the visit.

Then the nightmare started, we had to get Venture out of the water and onto the new trailer, it did not fit! Paul and Dave had to get socket sets and goodness knows what else to move the rollers and winch about, thank goodness Dave was there or you would be reading about my divorce. Any way after about 2 1/2 hours it was deemed safe enough to go, we could not go over 50mph as the car and trailer started to snake really badly, so it was a long journey home. When we eventually arrived and were taking the trailer off the car the trailer shot into the air, all the weight was on the back, hence the snaking. Monday, and Paul, Nige and John Hough all had to come and help move chassis' etc. Paul took it for a run down the by pass and its ok now, but what a palaver.