Well,  we have now completed our first training charter week onboard a beautiful $1M catamaran called 'Justine' with skipper 'Yaya' and Mate Karen.  This charter was host to 2 lovely couples from Connecticut, who had an absolute ball and had tons of praise for the skipper and mate.   A great charter;  we circumnavigated the island of Antigua where the guess observed that they had a different view for each MEAL!!!!!  Lots of swimming and snorkelling and beach runs in the dinghy.  A couple of meals ashore as well as the wonderful food prepared by Karen.   A visit to historic Nelsons Dockyard in English Harbour was one of the many highlights of this wonderful week and we are both so very grateful to Yaya and Karen for their insights into the best way to run a TradeWinds Cruise Club charter week.

We flew home to UK on the Saturday night and I am sat in the back bedroom at 12 Merton Road as I write this.  We arrived at Gatwick around 1000 and my best friend in the whole world,  Mike,  picked us up from LGW and transported us up to Harrow.  Thankyou Mike, you saved a couple of weary travellers from serious jetlag damage.

Must dash,  lunch beckons (or is it breakfast?)..................................