We've all finally dug ourselves out of the mud and made it back from Bass Week. I was using the week as a bit of a holiday with some sailing thrown in. On Thursday all sailing was abandoned due to lack of wind and lots of that fine rain that soaks you through. That day I headed over to Buttermere and then up the Honister Pass and had a tour of the slate mines. Friday again saw not much wind, not enough for a Phantom sailor to do any good so Tom and…

I'm sat in a layby up the road from Bass SC cos it's the only place I can get Internet access and my laptop battery is running out. It's been a very wet and lack of wind start to ABass, except for Saturday where it was very gusty. Tom and Alex are doing well in the Merlin, with a third place for the first weekend. We all passed on sailing on Monday due to lack of wind and it being the race to the bottom of the lake. It took them an hour and a half…