We are still in Bastia. It
was always the plan to stay at least two days and perhaps a third. But the weather made the decision for
us. On Sunday we had a good tour
of the old town. There was a nice
market going in the square where we ate last night. We walked up to the Citadel and the old town. It is all very interesting, but many of
the buildings are in terrible condition.
Apparently the town suffered in the war, from American friendly fire!
We have great difficulty finding a light lunch, and I wind up with a
pizza, which was not what I had in mind.
Dinner on the boat and prepare for the night. The weather forecast is for very high winds up to force 9! As the night came on the thunderstorms
started with lots of lightning.
There was some rain, but the wind was the main feature. However, we did not see it go above a
seven.
However, in the morning it was worse. Everyone was out adding more lines to the boats which are
rocking around. The wind gauge has
hit 30-32 knots several times. We
really need to stay on the boat to make sure nothing untoward happens.
We do leave for a short time to go to a launderette. There is no self-service launderette
here, so we take our linens in for a service wash at a local dry cleaners and
laundry. It really doesn’t cost
that much more than doing it myself, but they don’t get the grubby tee shirts
as clean as I do.
So we have done a lot of domestic chores over the last two days. The weather forecast is a bit better
for tomorrow. The wind is supposed
to go down to little or nothing.
The big worry is how the sea will be. Richard thinks we may have to leave a bit later than we
would like. We shall see. Anyway, it is time to move on.
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