Hot and sunny again all day. Up nice and early again and we set to work to find the level of the waterline to paint a first coat of antifouling. It took us ages to sort out the second side – Mike chalked out the first side (port) quite rapidly, but we could not get the starboard side level right, it was too high, too low then a lump in the middle section! By the time we sorted it out the sun was swinging round the stern, so we painted the port side immediately followed by the starboard. By this time it was 12.15 p.m. I went in to make some sandwiches for lunch. After lunch Mike went to get some bread, etc, from Casino. I sat down to rest my weary legs. We helped Bill strike a line around Rosy so he could do his antifouling. Mike took the stern fenders off and handed them down to me, then he wire-brushed the coloured bands around the stern. We retreated inside out of the fiercest of the midday heat. Late in the afternoon I painted the coloured bands while Mike prepared the vegetables and chicken for a stir-fry for dinner. When I'd finished painting and clearing up I cooked the dinner. A shout from below turned out to be Paul come to visit as Liberty was moored in Toulouse. He climbed the ladder and Fanny followed him! Bill called her and she would have jumped – too far – back down to the dock! Mike carried her back down the ladder. We had a glass of wine and a chat. Paul had friends visiting on board Liberty, they were staying until Thursday; the boat was staying in Toulouse until Monday morning and then they were heading west, probably to Castelnaudary. He said Neil was coming again with another friend and they were going to go out at Port Nouvelle and back in at Agde. Paul invited us to come over for a drink on Sunday evening. We said we’d see how we were after we’d finished painting and plumbing!
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