'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe

Time once again for the annual Fareham Raft Race! Will Rafty McRaftFace manage to keep their position for another year?

After the unsettled weather of the past few days today was gloriously sunny and stayed dry for the entire race (which caught me out - I was in the sun for all of an hour and got sunburnt!). The course was again a simple there-and-back - head up the creek (ideally with a paddle!) from the pub along the promenade, touch the wharf at the top, then paddle back down... into a blustery gale. Not all teams made it back to the start/finish line!

( Rafters, get ready... )

So, where has boggyb been today?

Well... over here.

A friend at work has a junk-rigged yacht moored up at Portchester, and offered to take me along for a sail down to Portsmouth harbour and back. So we made our way straight after work, and cast off at about 6:30pm local time. We sailed down towards the harbour, with me doing most of the steering, and made it almost as far as the main channel before turning back at about 7:15. The return journey was much faster as we now had the wind and tide on our side, and we made it back to the mooring at around 8pm, just before sundown.

All in all, a very pleasant way to spend an evening!