Monday 18th Feb to Sunday 24th Feb

Well, I've not been doing much at all this week, so no need for a daily account. The weathers been all over the scale, from gorgeous sunshine and 20+ degs to the usual torrential rain,thunder and strong winds. The good news is the evenings do seem to be getting warmer, I've not been using the fire so much, and of course the evenings are getting longer which is brilliant.
Nanjo should have been lifted out on the 18th, but it was never going to happen, no cradles or cranes anywhere to be seen. Apparently there are now 18 yachts waiting to be lifted out now, all people who only want to check the bottom,re-antifoul and then get back in the water asap. Most seem to be working on a couple of weeks hard work.
The Sunday barbie was held in gorgeous sunshine and well attended, I made the small mistake of getting a huge pork chop, must have been 2ins thick, it took ages to cook, but was well worth the wait and was delish. Chatting to everybody and finding out there plans for the coming cruising season, showed just how having a yacht allows you to move about. The destinations ranged from the Carribean,Croatia,Albania,Turkey, Italy and of course cruising around the Greek isles. They all laughed when I said my destination was Northampton. Oh yes, I'm the only person going back to work! I did manage to give away my broken anchor winch to one of the French yachties who has the same winch, hopefully it will do him for spares?
I seem to have spent another ton of hours on the computer sorting out the flat and work. Both of which I'm glad to say were finally sorted this week, so I now have somewhere to stay and I know what hours and job I will be doing back at work. It's been a load of stress, but now I can move on, and much to my suprise I'm looking forward to seeing friends again and earing some money. I have a large wish list of goodies to buy for Nanjo, so will be living as cheaply as possible and spending a hermit lifestyle back in the UK. I've spent a gorgeous year with no tv,or car so they will not be on my list of must haves in the UK. I'm looking forward to trying to learn how to play the guitar, the banjo I have on board Nanjo, will stay as hopefully I will play it one day. I'm looking forward to listening to radio 4 plays, without the internet going down and missing the endings! One luxury I have promised myself is of course the trip to an opera in London, after listening to my opera cd's it's certainly on my "Bucket List" and I will make sure it happens.
I have now drained all the diesel out of the tank, after putting a question to the YBW Liveaboard forum, draining the tank rather than filling it was the most voted for option. Luckily there was only about 6ltrs left in the tank, and I gave that away to my neighbour. Hard to imagine that it's my last week next week, fingers x the sun shies?