This morning (Monday) we were up at the mobile phone shop and the same guy was there, and he tried again on the phone to get this resolved but no joy. He asked us to leave everything with him for an hour, and then, when we went back he requested a further hour. Boy this is a struggle, can you imagine us trying to sort this out ourselves on the phone to customer services and technical departments?

Anyhow it seemed to put the spoke in our plan to get to Belle Ille, so we went back to the boat for lunch and chill out for a while.

Sara suggested that if the dongle was working when we went back to the shop, we could go for Ille de Groix rather than Belle Ille – good idea because I was getting a bit stir crazy. So whilst I got things ready on the boat Sara went back to the shop. Back she came and it still wasnt working, but Sara was convinced the guy in the shop was genuine, in that the problem has now been resolved and it should work later today. I think I had lost the will to live by this point, and just thought to hell with it lets get moving.

So we set off and had a good trip down to Ille de Groix. About 3 miles off Ille de Groix we found ourselves being escorted in by a pod of dolphin! They were leaping about our bow waves which is always a wonderful sight. The Marina was chock a block with boats, so we rafted alongside an Irish boat that was on the hammerhead. Doing so made it a wee bit tighter for boats going down to the pontoons but heigh ho, it was our only option. First thing Sara done was get the dinner started.
Next thing was out with the dongle and guess what? – no you are wrong, it worked…..yippee. A big thanks to the guy in the SFR store for sorting this out; but should it be that difficult?

I’m willing to bet you’re glad it’s finally working, as you wont need to read my rantings about dongles………..