The final escape from French St Martin happened with a good weather forecast and we had a great 3 hour trip across to St Barts.  By the time we arrived, for some reason,  we were both feeling a bit low so decided to stay a day in the little anchorage of Columbier in the North of the Island.  We made a complete pigs ear of picking up a buoy as it was very windy and the French decide not to put painters on their buoys, only rings and with just the two of us it was quite interesting, especially after we lost the boathook! – I am reduced to having to thank the unknown French chappie who took our line for us in the end.  Still we had a great time the next day doing nothing except consuming two bottles of wine in the sunshine and getting ever so slightly sunburnt. 0400 the next morning, we set off for Antigua.  The wind stayed off the nose for half the trip then we had to motor sail the rest. Apart from one squall the weather behaved and we arrived in Falmouth harbour at 1730.  About 15 miles out, Fi noticed the brand new fishing rod was bent over a tad and we immediately put our ‘fish overboard’ drill into action – which to our surprise actually worked and the result was a nice big silver thingy which I had later identified as a Wahoo.   Half of it is marinating in the fridge as I write this and the rest is in the freezer.  The barbecue is in action tonight.

We are possibly going to sneak into the posh marina in English harbour for Christmas as it is right next to the Champagne and we can pretend we are on a superyacht, even if we are actually the little boat over in the corner.

Finally we would just like to thank all of you for your comments and Christmas wishes on the BLOG, it is much appreciated and we wish you all a good one in return.

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