Jeff's Birthday

One of the reasons that we headed to Jersey was to meet up with Jeff & Gerry, with their boat Virginia Lady, also from the Broom Owners Club. Once the water level had risen about 2m above the sill we were able to enter the harbour at St Peter Port and moor alongside Virginia lady, another Broom 38. We then discovered that it was Jeff’s birthday and headed into the town for a meal. Good company, good food and wine – what more could you want after a very tiring day navigating through fog.

Kip Marina

Ann had agreed to drive our car from Nottingham to Kip complete with the final items of packing and also the essential outboard engine for Jomima’s tender. This had been too heavy to load onto the boat while she was out of the water at Newark. Ann left at 8:30 am and had a good journey, apart from heavy Friday afternoon traffic in Glasgow, covered the 300 miles by 3:30 pm. That afternoon we were welcomed to Scotland by Margaret and Morrison, who are also members of the Broom Owners Club - with a boat very similar to Jomima. That evening Morrison had arranged what proved to be and excellent meal for us all at the local hotel. However, by 10.00 pm Ann was fading fast, after her long drive to Scotland, so we were not long out of bed.