Monday 1st February

Well, here we are, four days into the survey project and all is going well. Other than we haven't left port yet and we still need some equipment for the boat, and tomorrow when we do get the kit the wind will be blowing so hard we won't be able to sail.



But, hey! I'm getting paid, and after feeling so down in the dumps last week. My day consists of driving to Ramsgate, parking the car in the project compound and walking to the boat, listening to the weather forecast, drinking tea and waiting. Waiting until it is time to go home. Today it was half two, yesterday it was two.



And apart from the wind, the weather has been glorious, sunny with clear blue skies, but cold, frosty; so much that the snow that last fell 23 days ago is still to be seen where it had lain in deep drifts. And so I have gone for walks around the harbour, taken pictures, found cafes for breakfast and generally not worked, whilst getting paid several times more than what I was on at the box factory.



I have an interview to work down the cruise terminal for the summer in a couple of weeks, a CV into a different part of BAE and so things are moving.

And the promise is of more tomorrow, waiting, tea and rain. Oh well, welcome to the working week!