Race

A few years ago, when I used to spend my weekends and bank holidays racing yachts across the channel and it was all getting a bit tedious (too much / not enough wind usually), we used to joke that at least we weren't at a garden centre.

Today I went to a garden centre.

I also heard from one of my old crew mates, still racing albeit on a different boat now, who was becalmed off the back of the Isle of Wight. A place I've also spent many weekends.

I stopped for a number of reasons and I'm glad I did when I did. It was fun at the time, mostly, and I miss the camaraderie that surrounds a fairly extreme sport and (some of) the people, but not the long days and nights racing any more.

And when would I get to the garden centre?