Up fairly late. We did need the sleep. We have a hearty breakfast of porridge. The wind is still howling (force 6 much of the time here in the harbour - probably much worse out at sea) and it does
not look like it will get any better.
We will keep checking the forecast. In the meantime we go to town to the market. It is held every weekday right up the
road from us. It is huge but sells
mostly fruit and veg. I do not
want to buy too much so just get the minimum including some wonderful looking
fresh figs. We find a proper
coffee shop to top our supplies, which I do not think will last another three
weeks. We decide to buy a
rotisserie chicken and we eat that for lunch. Very good.
We have a quiet time on the
boat for the afternoon. Richard
has started to make enquiries about where to over winter the boat. We have not having much luck. The marina in Nice town cannot keep it
on land and can only put us on a waiting list for a berth in the water. We aren’t getting helpful replies from
anywhere else. Richard works his
way through the Cruising Association website and posts a query. He gets one reply which suggest
Toulon! Well, as we are here, we
might as well make some enquiries.
In the afternoon we take a
walk around the town and see the monuments listed on their tourist map. The town is much bigger than we thought
and there are a number of elegant parts, apparently built by Hausmann.
Back to the boat and off
again sending e-mails to harbours to find somewhere for the winter. I could start to panic. We shall see.
We have looked again at the
forecast and listened to the radio.
It is still terrible, so we will be here for at least one more
night. I found a launderette in
town and will do laundry tomorrow.
May as well make a virtue out of necessity.
Have become disillusioned
with the toilet block, so am about to shower on board and then to bed.
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