On Monday we made the very short hop to Brest where will leave the boat for a week until Iain and a few others come out to sail back to Lymington where Alma will be wintered.

So this is the end of the cruise. It’s been an extraordinary summer. We’ve had all sorts of weather, visited wonderful places, met some great people, learned a lot about Alma and (we hope) about sailing and about ourselves. We’re excited about next summer when we plan to sail to Spain and Portugal in the first part of the summer and then on to Malta for the autumn. Can’t wait.

So this is the last Alma blog until next May. Hope it’s been interesting and helped us keep in touch. We look forward to catching up with as many of you as possible over the winter and seeing many of you on board Alma next summer.

All the best, Iain and Helen.