...implacable November weather...

Half term yielded just one opportunity for a trip, the weather towards the end of the week taking a ridiculously wet and squally turn.  True to form, as soon as schools went back, things calmed down somewhat...  Perhaps this is why I normally stop sailing at the end of October.  However, as today proved, there's still good sailing to be done...
The forecast, today, November 10th, was for rain and yet more rain.  But, given musical commitments tomorrow, there was no choice but to take a chance.  Besides which, what's the point of all that wet weather gear if it isn't used once in a while.
In the event, it did rain but not particularly heavily - and the sun tried a few times to break through but was beaten back by more mist and cloud.  Neither was the wind strong but there was sufficient for me to sail with the ebb, down the Orwell and through Harwich Harbour, even topping 5.5 knots at one point.  On the return trip, the wind truly did die, so I motored back to the mooring.  One of the advantages of sailing in November is that few other boats are around - all that water to myself...
Only when I returned to shore did the rain clear and a sunset begin to set in...

13nm, season's total: 455.6nm