When three people decide to live in Brittany for a month on a boat the size of a small horizontal wardrobe - a wardrobe which can barely accommodate two - the plan has certain obvious flaws, not the least of which being that they have neglected to inform the maritime museum (in which they plan to stay) of their plans. Moreover Dave, who will set off into the Breton countryside for two weeks while Ceci joins me in Merlin, decides to leave his waterproof hiking boots behind in Captain Haddock ("because it's summer"). This is not a good decision.