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The wind got up in the night, sounds of the skipper adding extra springs etc, shall I get up to help. Oh well sounds as if he has finished anyway….

Shipping forecast isn’t good Gale warnings fior Fastnet, Lundy, Irish Sea and its sounds as if the Channel is really getting it Severe gales for Plymouth , Portland , White …

Sounds like another day in port then, time to finish off the washing and see what Holyhead has to offer.

Not that much it seems, a nice little Maritime Museum, where we discover that the Victorians had a steam lifeboat that used water jet propulsion, so thats not as new as you might have thought!

Into the town and a cuppa in a cafe and then wend our way back to the boat.

Theres a big rib coming in with HM Customs on the side and its coming our way.. Excuse me Gents can we come aboard? Oh yeah so what if we say no!

No problem folks, want a cup of tea? Lets be friendly with them as they are only doing their job.

So we sit there for a while as they fill in their forms and one goes to have a quick look down below and do a few smear tests in case one of us has been snorting cocaine on the saloon table… I hope John hasn’t had any previous crew on here with any strange substances…

No calls from the boys in blue since we got home so I presume everything came back negative..

OK over to the local pub for a meal and then bed, we are now three days behind schedule…