Monday 14-Tue 15 May (Pendennis Castle) Monday spent with light maintenance, and the good news that I have crew for possible passage Friday - Craig Jackson, a nice young man with plenty sea experience. Cod and chips (and WiFi) at the Boathouse.  Tuesday - a long wet walk to Pendennis Castle, via the chandler for some bits.  Super castle (English Heritage) with displays of gun defences of Falmouth harbour from Tudor times, through the Napoleonic Wars, and...

Sunday 13 May (Falmouth and Truro)An exciting day today: managed to get last place on the RYA Sea Survival Course, based in classroom here in Falmouth, and in the pool of Truro School. I now know from experience how hard it is to get into a liferaft in full oilies, even in a calm, warm pool, and would move heaven and earth to avoid doing ot for real in the cold UK coastal waters! Excellent practical course, and one I have been trying to get onto since last year. ...

Saturday 12 May (Falmouth) Nick packed and left on the 8hr journey home by train. Further disaster struck with the death of my mobile phone, taking with it all my numbers! Bought a cheap temporary one in town, and got numbers from Cath, Lucy and Frankie, and some from my old emails, retrieved using the WiFi at The Boathouse, over a couple of beers and a baguette. Doesn't make the prospect of recruiting new crew any easier. Hey ho! 

�Friday 11 May (Flushing ? Cornwall not Netherlands!)Walked (in the rain as usual) to the Prince of Wales Pier in town, and took the ferry across to Flushing, where we had a lunch reservation at the famous Sticky Prawn restaurant: Falmouth Bay oysters and a huge seafood paella.� After some Tesco shopping we took the option of a taxi home to avoid the monsoon.� Nick had decided to leave tomorrow, and we had a light snack on the boa...

Wednesday 9 May/Thursday 10 May (still Falmouth)On Wednesday Nick went to town, while I awaited the plumber. He came about lunch time and successfully ripped out the foul octopus from the boat and came back later to fit a new length of pristine piping, which will NOT get blocked again!! I serviced the rest of the heads mechanisms and we ate (again) at the Marina Restaurant (good job it's so good) and sank a few pints of Doom Bar Ale, an excellent brew from th...