Sunday 28 September 2014

Saturday 27 September 2014 - Messina

When we get up the wind is building.   It is blowing 20 knots in the harbour.  Richard has looked at the weather and initially says it will be fine.  The winds are a bit high, but they will be from behind.  But as the morning progresses, he changes his mind.  It isn’t the getting to the next port that is the problem, it is whether we can find a safe and/or comfortable place for the night.  Most of the accessible places need calm conditions. 

So we decide to stay on an extra day as the weather looks more settled tomorrow.  This means a fairly dull day.  I finally get around to polishing the chrome work, but it is a bit late in the season for that!  We book to eat in a recommended restaurant which is the other side of town.  Richard has bought us tickets so we can travel there and back by tram (which runs next to the marina).  The only problem is that the timetable we see shows the trams stop running at 9:30pm, before we will finish dinner.

So the day goes to plan.  We have a pleasant meal out and then try to get back to the boat.  We can see no buses or trams, so we wind up walking.  Back to the boat exhausted and just fall in to bed

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