We've ticked a lot more off our list and still hope to be ready to leave in the first week of May if the weather's good. Geoff's been inspecting the mast and its fittings, installing AIS, installing our Iridium Go satellite WIFI hub, building additional shelves in cupboards and repairing safety lines while I've been buying up enough food to stock a nuclear shelter, trying to stock the food without putting all the weight on one side of the boat, walking 5 minutes to put on a load of washing, making a new sun/rain awning and banking time with our grandchildren in an attempt to make up for the time I'll miss when we're away.

Are we enjoying it? So far - absolutely, although we're both looking forward to putting our feet up a bit more and heading out of the marina.