Thursday 8th & Friday 9th September 2016
A quick summary since we left Trebeurden in early July -
Visited Fiona's in Cornwall for a few days.
Had a weeks Villa holiday in Spain with Scott and family.
Put in a lot of effort at home in Derby sorting the garden + chicken run + repairing the summer house.
We had invited Jackie's sister, Zoie, to spend two weeks on Blazer but she unfortunately broke a toe and has to wear a boot for a few weeks ! - so not ideal for sailing - Zoie will stay at home this trip.
So we packed the car to the roof with stuff - popped Penny in the back - ( fully recovered now from her operation ) and set off at 11 am on Thursday.
A great drive down to Plymouth in sunshine with two half hour stops to stretch our legs - 260 miles.
We made our way to the dog friendly cafe overlooking the harbour for a pasty - great.
We were on board the Brittany Ferries - Pont Aven - by 20.30 and locked up Penny in her kennel for the night. It really upset us to leave her there - a very clinical - clean - stainless steel cell - one of a hundred on the top deck - Penny was not happy and it showed !!
We did put her bed in the kennel to make her more comfy which helped a bit.
The ferry was huge - our first time on this one - like a cruise ship !!
We explored and watched one of the entertainers in the cabaret room - quite good.
We had a little cabin - cosy - and tried to sleep with the boat rolling a bit.
I visited Penny once during the night - she looked rough ! - never mind - it will soon be over.
We docked bang on time - 08.00 - in Roscoff - and we set off in sunshine for Trebeurden about 90 minutes drive.
Penny recognised where she was and raced down the main pontoon and stopped exactly at Blazer -
amazing !!
I spent the day unloading the car and sorting stuff - Jackie worked hard getting Blazer ship shape and homely.
Jackie cooked a rabbit stew with dumplings - fantastic - then off to the beach with Penny at 7pm.
She went ran full pelt - straight into the sea - she loved it.
On our walk back we stopped off at Le Benji's and got a warm welcome - lovely.
We stopped for about an hour then crashed out on Blazer.
A very busy day - great !!
We are aiming to stay about three weeks this trip - no serious passage making - just day sailing and we aim to be home in early October for a visit from Jackie's brother Ian from Canada.
Mike and Jackie + Penny.
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