Friday August30 to Sunday 1 September - Recuperating in Brighton, and a family party!

August 30 to 1 September in Brighton

The combination of post-viral effects and a hard day at sea had been too much for your blogger, and a period of enforced rest was necessary. Although feeling OK at rest, the short walk to and from the nearby “Asda” was enough to completely discharge all stored energy levels and reinvigorate all kinds of muscle pains and aches, so immediate onward travel plans were cancelled.



Built from scratch by hand 13 years ago

Friday August 30 remained much windier than forecast, although there were welcome sunny periods between showers. Brighton marina dues were £26.10 per night, with an underwhelming discount of 10% after 7 days. The resident nurse on “Middle Watch” removed the stitches from the biopsy of 10 days ago, and the rest of the day was taken up with communicating, resting and watching the ever-changing comings and goings of the marina. No outings.

Recuperating like this

 

Saturday 31 August was a very pleasant day, with ample sunbathing, and no excursions, except for Gill’s foraging trip to the supermarket, where she gathered up the ingredients for another superb dinner on board.

 

 

Pizza delivery

 

Sunday 1 September began rather earlier than hoped, at 6am, when an enthusiastically noisy party of Sunsailers arrived on the adjoining berth and had a lively meeting about the overnight sail they had had. The big event, however, began a few hours later with the arrival of of our family visitors for a boat party.  Michelle and Jason, with Dylan and Macy, and Nadine and Jeremy with Molly, plus ourselves, made a total of nine happy souls for most of the day.

Nadine does story-time

 

Always best to start young

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a welcome drink and orientation, “the boys” were dispatched to the pizza shop, while all manner of party antics were carried out aboard. It was a great family day.

 

 



Tom, Gill, Macy, Jason, Michelle, Dylan, Nadine, Molly and Jeremy