6 October The return of the Admiral

I arrived back last night with my three bags now filled with goodies for us, for Polly and for Jackster. It's good to be home.

David's so happy to have his early Christmas presents and has already fixed our tide clock with a new movement I brought back. This clock was a wedding presents from my London friends 16 years ago. David also fitted a new under sink inline water filter, fitted a ventilation grill to the door under the sink to vent hot air from the fridge, fitted a new inclinometer in the cockpit (like every other Amel, we still list 1 degree to port), fitted 5 very neat LED reading lights in place of the old lamps with shades. The new lights are touch sensitive on/off and have USB ports. A marvellous upgrade.

All I did was laundry, clearing up and putting the travel bags away.

Poor Polly got to use her present immediately; a soft padded collar which stops her licking the nick she has under her tail. We can't decide whether she looks like a sunflower or a daisy, but it works better than the plastic cone of shame.

sunflower or daisy?