New Camera

The previous day Dave had told me that the Verizon posse had done a 'whip round' for my leaving present which was going to be a (much needed) camera - Thank you everyone, very much!

So ... Kat and I went into Brighton town centre to buy a suitable camera that would survive the rigours of life onboard while at sea. I finally decided to follow Mr Crute's suggestion of the Olympus SW1030 in black with a 2Gb Memory card.

Kat also decided to spend an extra night with me before I depart, so an emergency outfit for Monday morning at work was required.

On our return, we were greeted by the 'Costa Lotta' posse of pontoon 8 - Paul, Karen, Abbey, Steve & Angela.

My brother was presented with a gift wrapped bog roll as it was though that this would be required due to his higher than average fruit intake.

I was given a sizeable donation to my 'sailing funds' and 2 bottles of shamps. The first we consumed aboard 'Costa' and the other will be saved to celebrate crossing Biscay! I also had a new T-shirt with my next 'Topless Boat Cleaning' business venture slogan - Clean Boats for the Dirty Mind'.

Thanks guys, I will certainly miss you all very much when I leave.