Thursday 4 August
As I observed yesterday, the wind has a mind of its own, but for my crew today that was a good thing. The weather forecast warned that yesterday’s strong winds would continue today, but in fact they had blown themselves out, and so the tender was prepared and I watched the Mate attempt to row them ashore for provisions, and to stretch their legs. Fortunately there was room in my little sister for them to take the smelly rubbish bag and recycling away with them, as well as giving Bertha an outing. They walked along a dyke at the edge of the 
river and followed the footpath across the marshland into Aldeburgh, a pretty and well-appointed town enjoying the holiday sunshine. On their return the crew found far too many flies buzzing around me, a consequence of being near land, but enjoyed another beautiful sunset.