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<\/a>As the tide was out, I took my new route, down the steps, across the fish dock and the path over the top of the tidal gates onto the commercial dock.<\/p>\nI remember seeing Thora<\/em> in the port yesterday and I thought that I had seen her still here last night. And she’s still here this morning, looking as if she’s taking on a load for Jersey.<\/p>\n But there was no-one about to talk to – she was doing a good impression of the Marie Celeste<\/em>. My destination was the Post Office, where I posted off my letter to Canada. And while I was there I bought a pack of 10 pre-stamped envelopes for use in France. i’m down to my last one here.<\/p>\n On the way back, I picked up one of my favourite baguettes for lunch.<\/p>\n Over the last week or so I’ve taken piles of photos but I’ve been too busy to deal with them. So having made myself a coffee, I sat down and started to review them, edit them and upload them.<\/p>\n And believe it or not, I did manage to get a shot of one of the dolphins yesterday. I’ll post it tomorrow so you can all see it.<\/p>\n Lunch was in here again. it didn’t rise much above 5\u00b0C today so I wasn’t going to sit on the wall.<\/p>\n Just by way of a change I’ve done some tidying up too. There was a huge pile of cables and lead that I had brought with me from the Auvergne so I sorted them out and tidied them up. And SHOCK!<\/strong> HORROR!<\/strong> I threw away a pile of stuff away too.<\/p>\n That’s not like me at all, is it?<\/p>\n And there I was greeted by the sight of Thora<\/em> sailing … “dieseling” – ed<\/em> … off into the sunset on her way back to Jersey.<\/p>\n Enhancing the colours a little has brought out a really nice effect on this image. Back here I cropped her out and blew up the image. I can do that these days, despite modern anti-terrorism legislation.<\/p>\n Considering that this has been cropped out and enlarged at full focal length, it’s not come out too badly given the distances that I was having to cover. I have half a mind … “yes, quite!” – ed<\/em> … to go out and learn to sail one of these days, but I’m not quite sure how I can fit it in given my state of health and medical requirements.<\/p>\n A theoretical course on sailing and navigation would be right up my street (or down my river) though. It’s not every day that I’m lucky enough to see them lifting a boat out of the water but I was in luck today. It looks as if they have another job to do on a fishing trawler and they were lifting her out with the hoist.<\/p>\n I’ll have to check tomorrow to see if she has been put up on blocks ready for work. A trawler had unloaded at the fish dock and was heading off into the inner harbour, just as Aztec Lady<\/em> was on her way out.<\/p>\n They waltzed and weaved around each other as they sorted themselves out into their respective routes. Back here, I had a little … errr … repose for a while and then there was another job that needed doing. I’ve had a temporary curtain hanging in here ever since I moved in and it’s been on my mind to have it taken up to the correct size.<\/p>\n But that’s not happened so I took it off and pinned it to the right size.<\/p>\n And then I finished off all of my photos and uploaded them to the internet.<\/p>\n Beautiful it was though – clear and crisp night with some lovely moonlight.<\/p>\n Now I’m keen to see if I can have another good night. And while I’m dozing off I’ll leave you with a few more photos.
<\/p>\n<\/a>Later on, I went for my usual afternoon walk around the Pointe de la Roc.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/a>She put on a slight turn to port after that so I took another photo of her.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/a>Round the corner and looking out over the Baie de Mont St Michel, I could see that the sailing school had been out this afternoon.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/a>There wa even more excitement down at the ship repairer’s.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/a>The highlight of the walk though had to be this delightful nautical danse macabre<\/em>.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/a>Tea tonight was a stuffed pepper and then I went out for my walk. Freezing cold outside, it was, and so that probably explains why there wasn’t a single person (or even a married one) out on the streets tonight.<\/p>\n
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\nThora<\/em> going back to Jersey
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\nSailing school baie de mont st michel granville
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\nSailing school baie de mont st michel granville
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\nTrawler Port de Granville harbour
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\nTrawler being lifted out of the water and moved across the shipyard on the hoist.
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\nThe beach at the Plat Gousset
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\nThe beach at the Plat Gousset
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