Well folks, our lovely bright red sploosh boat has been sold. I am a mixture of sadness and happiness really. It was the marina open day this weekend, and we were worried it would be a wash out. The weather was very wet on Saturday morning and everyone looked a bit down. The marina had asked all the boat owners to come down and basically show off their boats to encourage some boat sales as well as putting on stalls, a little fun fair, food etc. I kept thinking the whole thing would be a bit of a disaster, so after a couple of hours there in the morning, we went home for a bit and had a spot of lunch, then I took the nipper to the country park for a while.

The weather perked right up then, and I decided to pop back in on the way home to see what was going on. I walked over to where our boat was and saw that there was someone on it. I didn't want to just barge on and introduce myself, so I was glad i held back and waited around. I saw one of the sales woman on there so it was a good job i didn't go on really. A few minutes later she came off, disappeared into the shop then came back out again. Two seconds later I get a call from his knibbs telling someone had just put an offer in on the boat!

I couldn't believe it. It was really odd. I told him I was already here, so as they came off, we closed the deal, and it meant I got to meet the potential new owners too. They were two women and they said they thought she was gorgeous, and it was lovely to meet them. I was kind of happy and sad all at once. Sad because that means no more boat, but happy as we really did need to sell her as we are not in a position to move back on board just yet.

So, that done, I left to go home and tell his lordship the news which was cool. It's having its survey done Monday so we are taking her up there Friday before, kind of a last voyage kind of thing before we say goodbye to her. Be a litlte strange, and not sure where the girls will take her, although it looks like they may have a spot in the marina so we may well see a lot more of her for a while yet! I hope so, it would be ncie to see how she is getting on.

So that was a weird weekend. Not quite got my head around it yet, but I guess dropping her off to be surveyed will kind of drill that in. I will miss her massively, but it won't be the end, we will get another boat when the kids are a bit older. I will miss it too much not to.

Bon voyage Sploosh.