Day 134: 26th October 2017 Marina di Grosseto to Riva di Traiano

 A 4:30am alarm call as we had about 60 miles to go today and didn't want to risk getting there after 6pm. It was pretty cold so hats and coats were order of the day. We both stayed up long enough to feel comfortable that we knew what was going on with the navigation and then Patrick went for a snooze in the main cabin. It was a bit rocky and rolly so when he popped his head up 3/4 of an hour later I told him to go back down and get more sleep. I wasn't sure if I might get seasick and if so, it would be better that Patrick was well rested.  As the sky turned orange in the east, 2 kids popped their heads up, both enjoying the sunrise although AJ didn't last long.



It was a bit of a boring day, with the exception of me being woken from my morning snooze by Patrick saying the coastguard was radioing us! After a little lost in translation it seemed the coastguard was asking us to report the position of any pollution we found in the water.

Much later we saw a line of some scum so photographed it and tried to report it.  The local coastguard seemed most bemused at our report, not sure what was going on there but we did our bit!

We were helped into our berth by a lovely ormeggiatorli who seemed to understand that older boats don't necessarily go backwards in exactly the direction requested. As soon as he saw our plight he jumped in his rib and helped us into our berth. This place is like walking through a boat show with at least 20 or so shops dedicated to various marine trades as well as numerous cafés, restaurants and clothes shops plus a dentist and a car dealer! There was also a small kids playground which meant the kids could run around for a while before heading back for dinner and bed.