26 Sep 2011. At home for the Cornwall wedding

Only seems like yesterday I flew into Heathrow from Coruna. Son Tom, & Amanda's, wedding at Tintagel in Cornwall was absolutely spiffing, apart from the Cornish aerosol rain all Sat afternoon and evening. Nice old Norman church. Key players in tails and cravats. Reception and hog roast in a large yurty type wigwammy teepee type thingy in a field overlooking rocky Trebarwith Strand. Much food, music, and liquid stuff. Everyone behaved, more or less.

The rest of the 10 days home has been a blur of sorting out, arranging stuff, and bill paying. Picked up a new lump of metal to stick inside the new feathering prop boss to adjust pitch to get better speed per revs as current performance of new prop is about the same as the liberal party conference....noisy but not going anywhere fast. Its got lots of small bits to fit. Apparently do-able undewater. Perhaps if one was a cross between Buster Crabbe and Rudolph Nureyev it might be. Must learn the Spanish for "how much to crane the boat out for 4 hours"

Friends & neighbours at home have been amazingly helpful with house & admin stuff. Can't thank you all enough. Also lots of advice from experienced blue water persons....thank you all again.

Booked Vueling flight back to Vigo this Thursday. Gives me a chance to fix leaks and tidy boat before new crew Chris joins in Baiona on Sat. Maybe even get a chance to see the town and have a beer or 3. Plan after that is a medium speed trip down Portuguese coast, picking up/changing crew as we go. Got to be at Lagos or Cape S/V by about 18 Oct to do the hop across to Madeira area.

Hopefully, next blog will be from aboard in Baiona, before departure southwards.