Gorey - Granville

After a brief morning stop in Gorey to eat a crab sandwich and send our last UK postcards, we set sail.  The initial plan was to head for Iles Chausey but as we couldn't quite get the direction we set a course for Granville - our first stop on the french coast.  At first the sailing was lovely and we made a comfortable 7 knots through calm waters, once the engine was switched off, we continued to listen to the Olympics on Radio 5.  With excellent timing we turned on just in time to hear Bradley Wiggins taking gold.  This led to the bizarre situation of entering french waters whilst Harry raised our french courtesy flag, with the English National anthem from the medal ceremony playing in the background.

We passed Iles Chausey and then the wind began to drop.  With a couple of hours still to go before Granville we decided to try the Spinnaker.   By the time Harry had got it rigged - the rain started.  Il pleut toujours! The visibility closed in and though we were only about 4 miles from the coast we couldn't see anything.  The last bit of the passage was very wet indeed, but the marina at Granville is well sheltered and as we arrived the rain stopped and we got hot showers and a pizza which revived us.

Up early this morning due to a slight confusion over the time zone so have already had a lovely wander around the old town,  a nice coffee in a quiet square and a crepe in the town.  Hoping for some sun to relax in this afternoon.