What we do each day, on Jomima, depends very heavily on the weather. It has been quite windy and showery for the past few days so we caught up on a few jobs: using the local launderette, polishing Jomima and planning our next port of call. Today promised to be a short period of better weather so, when the tide had raised enough for the lock gate to open, we manoeuvred out of our space on the quay side and headed for the lock. For those of you of a nautical nature we had to motor against a spring to get the back end out, without hitting the boat in front, so that we could reverse past the two boats rafted up behind us. Unfortunately, by the time we managed to get away from our mooring, the lock was already full of boats that also wanted to make an early start. We therefore had to try and hold our place, in the breezy harbour, in a queue of boats waiting to go in the lock. The lock eventually opened and, after letting out the large incoming commercial boat, we all revved engines and bow thrusters and positioned ourselves in the lock. As soon as the outer gate opened we all formed line ahead and followed the long channel out to sea.We were heading for Lezardrieux which involved cruising down the rocky passage between the mainland and Ile de Brehat. Again we were grateful for modern technology as we followed the plotted route across the electronic chart as well as double checking our route on the paper variety. It was actually very pleasant to arrive safely at the entrance to the Trieux River and be able to cruise upstream, in calmer waters, to a marina mooring in Lezardrieux.