We are home, and have been now for a fortnight. We did end up in Dartmouth and had five weeks there. Mostly the weather was ok. We tried Muffin in the dinghy but he was really not very happy with it. However, we moved up to Dittisham for an overnight, and because it involved a lot of going in and out of the dingy, it was clear that it didn't really work very well with Muffin, so we went back to Dartmouth. Dick and Judith we with us most of the time and that was fun.
I realised I was short on medication for Muffin, so we had to arrange to go to the vet in Portland. The trip there across Lyme Bay was incredibly rolly and I felt quite unwell, so did Henry. He felt so bad he tried to get off! Fortunately he was tied in. I got the medication in Portland and we had to stay 11 days there, before it was suitable to sail on to the Solent. Unfortunately I only received 15 days worth of medication from the vet. I did have two weeks emergency supply with me!
We then moved on to Lymington and had a few days there. After that, two nights in Bucklers hard, where we met up with Dick and Judith again, who had finally managed to sail from Dartmouth in quite reasonable weather.
The weather now was incredibly hot. We got back here, and the first thing I checked was the medicine store - and unfortunately I had more than a months supply! Why on earth I didn't bring the whole lot with me, I don't know.
We were out for 7 weeks in all, and it was really lovely, very relaxing. It's a shame Muffin was so nervous about going out the in the dingy, because that meant we really were confined to staying in Darmouth, but still, it is a very nice place to spend time.
We haven't been out since, because we had quite a few things to catch up on, but we hope to be going out again soon.
I have been spending time oil and water colour painting, and I'll put some of them up in next week's blog.
Just started last Monday to go back swimming, and to be honest it was like swimming in treacle. What a state to be in. So this coming week I am going to try a bit harder!