A tender bonfire
he time had come to face facts: time the boat I have had for over 30 years was given a decent send off, a fiery end to many happy memories. It had followed us through memorable trips around the Solent, West Country, Western Isles and twice, faithfully across the Channel, and up the estuaries of Brittany. It would seldom cause any fuss, in fact you could pretty much forget about it, safe in
