QM2 Sydney to Southampton

 Hello to anyone who’s interested😃

As you know, Andy and I took a long voyage on the Queen Mary and had a lovely time getting to England. It was great at first, but like all good things, it wore off, particularly from Capetown when a boatload of guests with a cheap deal brought a bunch of viruses on board (Capetown water not good) and made it all a lot less pleasant. 

But we met some lovely people and had some good moments, and the ship herself is magnificent. 

So, we were picked up by Aunty in Southampton from the ship, and a whirlwind of visiting relatives followed. The next 48hours was exhausting but gorgeous. We were lucky enough to visit Nikki on her boat and their sheep had just had some lambs the day before

But by the third night we were comfortably sleeping on board our new boat, Double 0… We were lucky enough to borrow brother-in-law‘s car, so several trips to Sainsbury’s and Habitat enabled us to kit out the boat with duvets, teaspoons etc. Enough to live comfortably. Fortunately, we have plenty of camping experience so we knew what we would need most. 

Four days later, and a lot of learning, stocking up and returning of vehicles, we employed “Rory” to give us a boat-handling lesson, then we dropped him off at the beautiful Marina and headed into the “Cut”.