We woke up to the sound of rain and rain was forecast for most of the day. Owen & Geraldine were due at 17:00 and all we had to do prior to that was ready the boat and do some shopping. During the early part of the day, as it was raining so heavily, I caught up on blog-writing and Julie cleaned the interior of the boat. Later, at around 11:30, the rain had more or less stopped so we readied ourselves for the 10 minute walk to the shops. As we emerged, hobbit-like from the boat, we were hailed by an approaching yacht and we were surprised to see that it was John Hawthorne and Brenda Butcher on Bunny Bee, fellow rally attendees. Just like us, they were coming here to Kastrup as they had visitors arriving too. We directed them to the best area to moor their boat and as they were passing, they told us that Gavin & Terry Goudie on Hexotic, an Arcona 40, were also doing the same. We’ve not seen the Goudies for a couple of years and now would not be the best time to catch up as we would all be busy with our visitors. Anyway, we left John & Bee to it and went shopping.

An hour later, on the way back, we bumped into the Goudies. As they will be in Fehmarn towards the end of this month we didn’t talk for more than a few minutes but it was nice to see them again. After lunch, we cleaned the outside of the boat and filled the tanks with water and then it was time to go to the airport to meet our guests. Kastrup is so close to the airport that it is a 50-50 choice whether to walk or catch the metro but we opted on the latter, figuring that we would be using it to come back anyway and the tickets are timed tickets, so you can do the return trip for the price of a one way ticket. Their flight was on time and by 18:00 we were back on the boat and enjoying a beer, now in beautiful sunshine. It was lovely to see our oldest friends again and we enjoyed a lamb & chickpea curry and carried on chatting until at 20:00, it was time for bed.