Today’s the day!

Monday 3rd June 2019

So the day has finally come when we leave the UK to join our boat, Aurora Sunrise, in Gouvia Marina, Corfu. Can’t quite believe it’s here!!!!

It was only 2months ago that Matt quit his finance career in London and we made the decision to buy a boat, rent our house out and take the kids sailing for a year, possibly less, possibly more, who knows. People might think we’re nuts but Matt and I crewed on a 75ft sailing boat 17yrs ago and sailed from the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, down to the Galapagos, across to the Marquesas and ended our year long trip in Fiji. Seeing lots of families out there having a ball, we said to ourselves how amazing it would be to do something similar with kids one day….and now here we are!

Doesn’t feel real lying in bed at the moment…this time tomorrow we’ll be on our boat getting settled, stocking the boat and planning our route up to Croatia. I know it’s going to be amazing but that doesn’t stop the nerves from hitting me like a tonne of bricks every once in a while. Not as much as I thought they would, to be honest, but sleeping has been a real issue recently with a billion things to think and worry about.

Talking of emotions, they’re running very high in the Edge household at the moment to say the least. We’ve had a very emotional weekend with a brilliant send off with our gorgeous family and friends. I know everyone says this but our friends really are the best and so thoughtful and we’re really hoping some will come and visit us along the way…please??? It goes without saying that we’re so lucky to have the family that we do. I’m hoping we have trouble keeping them away.

All the goodbyes over the weekend have had an effect on the kids and yesterday was an emotional one as realisation hit home. Mia and Sebby are 8 and 7 respectively and have some really close friends and cousins who they’re going to miss terribly so there were tears not only from me but from Mia and Sebby too. I won’t go into Pepper, my cat, who went off on her 12month holiday yesterday as I’m not ready for tears yet this morning (they’ll be some later I’m sure!)

Open mindedness is what we’ve been telling ourselves to have from the start and to keep throughout this adventure. I know it’ll help when things don’t quite go to plan which is what regularly happens when you’re living aboard a boat. We don’t know our exact route, how long we’ll be away for or where we’ll end up but this is all part of the adventure, right?!

Will let you know how we get on in Corfu when me and the kids see the boat for the first time (let’s hope Matt picked a goodun or we might be on the first flight back home)!!