Leaving Arzal (Our Winter Base)
During January we had a trip to France, staying one night with friends Alan and Ros (Cruising Association members who we met in L’Herbaudiere and Ile D’Yeu last year) in their lovely Normandy home, and then for a couple of nights with Adam and Lynne, aboard their yacht Charisma, moored up the Vilaine at Redon. We took things to Calypso to ensure that we could travel light at the start of the season; we changed the dehumidifying crystals and we checked the batteries.