We flew into Brisbane to be met by Gerhard and we boarded Sunny Spells (our home for the foreseeable future) at Mooloolaba.

We had such a lovely time in the UK with cousins, family & friends. The boys were brilliant and coped with me dragging them around London, off to farms and castles, riding ponies and walking across Cotswold hills. We were yet again blessed with amazing weather. I don’t think we ever put our winter clothes on – so that was a waste of time packing them – but if I hadn’t we’d have had naff weather!

Leaving our family in England is always emotional but at least this time knew we had our wee sailing adventure to look forward to on our return.