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Latest News 10th October - Final - Well, for now! Update received 1705 BST Well I'm home, washed and polished and ready for absolutely nothing! Mouette is cleaned up, drying out and most things are back where they belong - after last nights rumble with the tumble drier action of the Bristol Channel. Or should that be the tumble wetter, certainly seems like it. She raced up the Channel last night nearly 60 miles in around 11 hours - you could almost thing she wanted to be home too. Nothing to do with the F5 southerly chasing us up the channel of cause. Wonderful boat, like a good dance partner always manages to make you look good too! Want to decide what to do next - I have the log, but it is libellous or slanderous, I'll take advice. Might make it a subscription only thing and put all the money into a legal defence fund. There are several businesses that might not like the free and frank review of their commercial offerings. Also there are some great things that other travellers may find useful. I would like to do the 'Oscar' thing and thank people. Right now that has to be for Sarah for letting me go out and play and get this thing out of my system. [In her dreams!] Truthfully it has been great but I cannot answer the question whether I would do it again. Next year Cornish Coast & dash to Brittany? One thing is sure that I'm up for a journey of adventure or whatever. I have also learned that to cover distance in a boat like Mouette you have to be a bit ruthless. I managed in four sailing days to cover the same distance on my own that it took nearly 3 weeks to cover on the way up. Also I have learned that the Met Office sucks as a weather forecaster for inshore waters. Accuweather gets my vote every time. For accuracy and degree of local detail. Simple layout, it even pops up on my iPAQ Right I have the evening meal to prepare and an appointment with a large G&T and my lawyers Really hope you've enjoyed the vicarious bit of the trip and don't think about it get out there and do it. Big thanks to Geoff for a great site Fair winds and safe landfall [is that too cheesy?] Rocyn Read more news