Tuesday 14^th October – Cagliari (Back to the grindstone)

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A busy and productive day. 

Richard ‘pickled’ the water maker as we will not need it over the winter months whilst we are in marinas.  This involved flushing a preservative solution through it to protect the membrane against the growth of micro-organisms whilst not in use.  We also threw away the old filters and will start next year with new ones – the filters were just starting to show crud on them so they have lasted the summer quite nicely.

I spent the whole day doing laundry; some was the weekly wash but I also washed the saloon seat covers, the ensign, the yacht club burgee and the beach towels – not the usual washing list.

Richard did a late run to the chandlery and the supermarket – we should find out tomorrow if the part he wanted from the chandlery is now obsolete and/ or whether we can get an alternative L.

By nightfall most of the washing was dry and we sat exhausted with a glass of wine in the cockpit as the sun went down and the full moon rose.

This evening we plan to have a quiet night in with a DVD to recover.