Cold and wet, but a lot of fun.

Well, still too windy (force 6-7) to take her out for a sail, but this weekend Shoestring was host to my mum, Jayne, and my baby brother, Shaun. We arrived at 11pm Thursday night after one of the worst drives to Wales i've ever done. -We left at 4pm, and spent 2 hours in traffic on the M25.

Shaun loved being in the cockpit and 'upstairs' on deck

He also found a friend. -Who kept coming over to say hello!

Friday we walked over the Cleddau bridge into Pembroke Dock, did some shopping and returned to Shoestring. We bought some filler and sealant from Mrs Hayne's chandlery to attempt to sort some of the leaks in the roof. With temperatures not much above 3C we soon got too cold to continue, but some good progress was made. I also took the opportunity to try and do some slight alterations to her rigging, mostly around the sheets to the headsails.

Shaun, excited as ever to be on a 'Boat' at last, confused completely by what a 'yacht' is, has claimed the forepeak cabin as his 'den', allowing mummy to sleep there if she has to. We spent Friday night being blown around as a good force 7 wind from the north hit.

Saturday morning with snow fluttering around and Shaun finding it hard to keep warm, still no complaints though, we went for a coffee in the Brunel Chandlery Café then packed the car for home.