Wednesday 2 September 2020

End of journey ... for now.

We finally  reached Dover last night. The Crossing was calm and uneventful,  with weather conditions as good as needed, though not enough wind to sail. 

So it was nine hours of solid motoring, as so often happens. Only one ferry need avoiding. We chugged across the two lanes of the marine motorway of the Traffic Separation Scheme without incident. There wasn't that much traffic , to be honest. 

Last night we arrived too late to get into the locked marina at Dover so had to moor up in the old tidal dock which is hard to find and antiquated. We were surrounded by fishing boats, RNLI and Border force boats, and the fishing guys were noisy! This morning the lock was open when the tide allowed and we put the boat in the much more salubrious marina.  

Quite strange to be back in the UK after a month. Thanks to all of you who have been reading our blog and especially those who commented. Nice to hear from you and we hope you stay safe and well.