Oh it's fun to be back home, and as if to emphasise that we belong here, the weather has taken a sudden turn for the better. Sparkling sunlight greeted us this morning, and we responded by waving a line full of washing at it.
The sun has created a buzz around the hire boat base as well. There is a real excitement in the sunshine that is often noticeably muted when the weather is poor. We rather enjoy sharing the excitement of the families and groups as they turn up to hire their boat for a week or even a weekend's adventure on the high seas. Watching them earnestly and nervously taking their lessons on what for many is the first time in a boat, and returning at the end of their cruise either in the same high spirits, or wrung out, hung over and ready for the relief of another week at work.
There is a sort of symbiosis between us, the live-aboards in the port and those weekend sailors.
We laugh at them and take photos as they drink their beer bare topped in fifteen degree sunshine, in their sailor hats and their funny flags. In turn, they laugh just as incredulously and point and take photos of us in our jumpers hanging out our washing.
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