Shipshape
Sunset at St Jean de Losne At first sight things didn't look too bad. We had been excited to be back and find our boat still safely tied up and afloat and were just anxious to get aboard. The main problem I had really noticed as I hauled myself and bags onto the deck was that there wasn't a scrap of varnish left on the handrails. It's always a concern when opening up the boat after an extended period away, the main one being is it going to be dry inside? L'Avenir had never let us down in the almost 15 years we had owned her and this year this year was no different. Opening up the door was always an instant step back in time. Usually that was only a period of 6 months or so but this time (thanks to Covid) it had been more than 2 and a half years. Thanfully everything was exactly as we had left it. We spent that first day getting unpacked and shipshape inside; de-winterising, water on, gas on, starting up the engines etc. All went well. I went over to the supermarket fo...