Dartmouth, Sunday 13 July
Today was super sunny again and we were very happy to welcome my nephew Paul with Jemma and Elara and Jemma’s parents Colin and Helen who all came to visit La Bamba.
We enjoyed lunch on the boat – thanks for bringing all the food! And discovered that Elara is very partial to Doritos.
After lunch La Bamba took us all for a boat trip up the river to Dittisham and all the way back to the harbour entrance.
Everyone got a go at learning about depths and navigation
There was a lot of activity on the foredeck
Some were a bit more relaxed
Elara, 3, is the youngest to ever come on La Bamba and sensibly had brought her own life jacket, she was perfectly behaved and very good at spotting all the other boats on the river – she has definitely earned her sea legs badge.
Well that is if we don’t count her very soon to be little sister.
Then this evening we met up with our new crew, my cousin Penny, and also, very excitingly, met our old school friend Angela who remembers crossing the channel with us over 30 years ago!
We are checking the forecast and hoping the winds will stand fair for Guernsey tomorrow.
