Since we got back we have also been busy with Venture, we went to Pwllhelli nad launched there and went to Bardsey, we had a dive on the corner of Bardsey, me in my wet suit as my dry suit is on Rowena!, then we went for a picnic and walk on Bardsey, we had with us Sian, Dave and Josh, Sians dad was born on Bardsey so she gave us an insight to life there. Nigel and Ray also came with us and Phil. The weather was lovely and we had fish and chips in Pwllhelli before heading home.

Then last Sunday Paul, me and Craig went to Anglesey, we launched at Holyhead and dived the Missouri, about 20 years after we had last dived it! Craig was boat man, forgot to put any suncream on and went home really burnt! The weather was unbelievable - hot - no wind, calm seas. The photo is of Venture by South Stack.

This weekend coming we are, weather permitting, off to Dover to dive.

Here are some highlights of Pauls holiday!

Rowena on a mooring buoy off St Mawes

Paul and dogs going for walkies!

I expect you have all been wondering what has been happening to the blog, well due to an unpaid bill, BT in all its wisdom cut us off and its taken till now to get back a phone line! Unbelievable hassle but now I can 'Carry on Boating'!

Phil and Nigel who came for the weekend in Salcombe before we left for Guernsey.

Rowena is in Jersey in a berth, we caught the Commodre Clipper home from there on Wed 10th June and arrived Portsmouth early morning 11th June, then drove home. We are due to fly out on 6th July, for a week, to check she is ok and maybe move her. Then we fly out on 18th July ready for Peter and Sandra to join us. Now they seem to think they are coming for a holiday! No chance Pete, we will be up at daft o clock in the morning to move, probably on an 'insignificant sea', then there will be washing down of the boat on arrival, stainless steel to polish, (got to have her looking good for the french) food to shop for, more plans to make for the next move, anchor watches, skipper says that with 4 on board, we can anchor instead of using the marinas, you will be lucky if your bum touches the new seats!

We woke to a much brighter day in Guernsey, we caught the bus to Samureuz Park where the Antiques Road Show was being filmed! We saw all the experts and Fiona Bruce the presenter, so watch out in the winter for the programme you might see us lurking in the background, I told Paul to smile so that we do not have a repeat of the 'rugby photo' (if you don't know about that I'l show you when we get home). We left Guernsey about 2 in sunny weather and (hurray) flat calm sea, we sat up top and managed at last to read the sunday papers! On arrival in Jersey we got some fuel (57p per litre) and got hit by a frenchman trying to get to the fuel berth. Do you think he understood f***off if you can't drive a boat shouted by a red faced welsh man? There's a couple of scratches down the side, but luckily I had some buoys down the side. As we speak Paul is in cleaning heaven, for the first time in ages he has got a hosepipe handy and is washing everything he can find, plus filling our water tanks, previously we had to lug 10 gallon plastic containers in the dinghy to fill up the tanks, goodness knows how much water he thought we were using.

Well here we are in Guernsey, before I tell you about that journey I will report on our stay in Salcombe. We arrived there on Friday and moored up on a buoy in the estuary not far from the town, Nigel and Phil drove down Friday night and arrived about 11, we picked them up in the little dinghy, much to Phil's disgust, for some reason he didn't trust Paul and Nigel not to get him wet. Saturday was miserable and raining, we had a big cooked breakfast on shore, then Paul and Nigel went exploring in the little dinghy, I went to the launderette and Phil went for a sleep! Saturday night, after showers and a drink in the yacht club we eat out in a pub. Sunday was a better day, we went for a walk along the cliff to see the sea then back again along the beach, lunch out then Phil and Nigel took Tizzy and Sammy home, its very strange without them, not having to take them off the boat every couple of hours.

We left Salcombe at 5 this morning and arrived Guernsey at 2.30pm. The sea was lumpy to say the least, but did not get any worse through the day, we arrived in pouring rain and are moored up on the pontoon outside the marina. We are not going into the marina, which you can only access 3hrs each side of high tide, as it would mean getting up at 6 in the morning just to move out again. We are planning to go to Jersey tomorrow the weather is looking ok for that move, then we leave Rowena, all being well there, come back to Portsmouth on Commodore Clipper wednesday night, drive home on Thursday and the holiday is over for a while.

Well back on line now Absolutely no service in Fowey for computers. We left St Mawes after a lovely stay. We left on Monday and went up the Helford River and moored on a buoy, there we explored Trebah gardens and the nearest pub, it was £25 to moor on the buoy with absolutely no facilities ashore, it was only £15 in St Mawes, and there was a nice quay to get ashore, so we won't be going to Helford again. We left the next day and came to Fowey, first of all we were moored on the pontoon, but after being on a buoy we found it noisy and no privacy so the next morning when a buoy became free we moved there quickly, it was lovely, an uninterupted view of Fowey, peace and quiet. As it was so hot in the day, we had to get up about 7ish to take the dogs for a walk in the cool, the first day we walked the coast path and had breakfast of coffee and croissant on a bench over looking the sea, it was perfect. The next day we walked to Golant and had our breakfast in a buttercup field! Today, yes, we were up at 7 walked to Polruan and the coast path, got some shopping in for the expected visitors, set off at 11 and arrived at Salcombe at 4, moored on a buoy, with a lovely allround view of Salcombe, had a meal out in the pub, made the beds for Nigel and Phil who are on their way here for the weekend and to take the dogs home, we are hoping to go to Guernsey on Monday. So ready for a holiday!