Hi all,
all well on Emerald, our foraging scores for this year are as follows:

Sloes: enough for 12 litres of Sloe Gin ;-)

Blackberries: enough for 24 bottles of wine ;-) and 6 huge apple and blackberry crumbles!

All for free! Not bad for a few days working the sunshine. We are heading on in the morning, leaving Studland Bay for Newton Creek on the Isle of Wight.
Hard to believe that this time next week we'll likely be in Brighton again. It'll be nice to be back, but still a bit strange not to be on the move for 6 months.

Oh well, Emerald will be better for some care and attention, and so will our houses which are in need of some serious maintenance.

The six months are going to be jam packed with 7 day weeks trying to get all the work completed, and being able to cut our ties with Brighton and possibly the UK as well by next season. Exciting times, and hopefully the work will go according to plan.

We've a couple of large jobs to do on Emerald, insulate the Forepeak, and reinsulate the fridge and freezer, move the wind generator and get all the other gear on board, so we can continue improving as we go.

Photo of us enjoying the sunshine in 'Crazy Horse' our tender. That's Old Harry in the background.

However we've a final week of cruising to go, probably including, Newton Creek, Osbourne Bay, East Head at Chicester and Itchenor Reach, before we go through the Looe Channel and back to Brighton.
If you spot us at anchor, come say hi, have a cup of tea, or a beer.

Slainte
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