Sailing

Our second weekend sailing this year and beautiful weather again. We headed down to Hayling Island with our friends and spent the night there, using our cruising chute to make the most of the wind that there was. We then had a great sail back with more wind and a clear calm sea. We arrived back at the marina to see people sitting round in shorts in the sun and it felt like summer already! The red mark in this picture 'West Pole' shows the entrance into Chichester Harbour.

North Wales

Paul, Hattie and I have just spent the weekend close to Chester, just over the border in North Wales, with some old friends. On Saturday we climbed up Moel Famau, a hill near Mold, which has the remains of a tower on top that was built to celebrate the jubilee of George III. There are fantastic views from the top but as you can see from the pictures, in particular my hair (!), it was so windy that we couldn't stay up there for long!

Nepal

Last night we went to a school meeting for Hattie's school trip to Nepal in July. It was fantastic to hear about all the things they are going to do: fly into Kathmandu, trek to Everest Base Camp, go on an elephant back safari and do some white water rafting. Paul and I were green with envy and it's exciting to start planning all the gear that she will need to take. I just wish that I was going too!