Hello everyone,

We’re still here in sunny Tunisia. Our two winter friends and neighbours on our pontoon, Quilcene and Spirit of Life, have set off now for Greece and Turkey via Malta and Scilly. Most of the other boaties still here are French but quite a lot of British people come out here on holiday packages so there is always someone to talk to in the café bars.

Dave and I have managed to get a lot of work done on the boat in the fine weather. We've had some time on the hard-standing to do the antifouling and now Fiona is looking good!

Daughter Jenny, husband Steve and our grandson Louis, who’s 2 and a half now, came out in March so that was a diversion. We're also coming back to the uk briefly in May for my son, Robin’s wedding. We’ll be in Whitby from 13^th – 19^th May.

We're hoping to sail to Pantaleria in early June, to stock up on Italian wine, cheese and pesto! Then we hope to visit Malta, and Scilly before cruising the southern Greek islands. We've already booked and paid for half our next winter mooring in Finikie in southern Turkey. That's not a bad achievement in today's economic crisis, is it ?– and all because it’s been so cheap here in Tunisia!