Jean Says: We've finally set off to the boat. Leaving for three months doesn't feel very different from leaving for a two week holiday. We're both feeling so relaxed, we're almost in suspended animation. It's a perfect day with clear skies, cool crisp air and the English countryside is showing itself at its very best. We've closed the door on normal domestic concerns, and have three months of edited living, and the chance to see our Island home in all its unadulterated glory. This is the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics being held in Britain, so it feels like an auspicious time to be doing this trip. We've said a temporary goodbye to Bonnie dog, Sophie and Gracie, all our lovely and supportive friends We are about to visit my parents to say goodbye to them and they'll be waving us off tomorrow when we set off from Lymington. I think they feel scared for us, but we've re-assured them that it's not dangerous, and we won't be going near the notorious whirlpool in the Gulf of Corryvreckan. That's what you could call a Pinnochio moment. I think they're going to have to stop watching "Coast" for the time being.