Having lost these friends – although not literally we hope - it was time to plan for the next arrivals on Monday – a good place to park their car for 3 days, somewhere we haven’t been to before, and somewhere there will be varied boating – the latter is not difficult to find. The plan had been to try to get to the islands but we were a bit put off by sailing in fog – round the islands there are lots of sandbanks which you would know about if you have read Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers – and if you haven’t you should, particularly if you are a boater. It may still happen but in this instance we decided, as the forecast was good, sun, light winds and good visibility, to
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