“Radio check at 2200 – test 6215, listen for any marine traffic

Radio check 2200 — 6215 kHz. Nothing but static and the French coastal station at Cross Jobourg, faint. Barometer 998 and dropping steady since 1600. Wind backed southwest, Force 5 gusting 6. Tide's high slack now, 4.8m on the gauge — half a meter above springs. Water's lapping the bottom step of the jetty. Generator's holding 1500 RPM clean. Fuel 220L. Water tanks 85%. Jenny's asleep in the back room; didn't wake when I checked the lashings on the fuel drums. Tom's birthday in three days. He'd be 38. Shortwave's the only thing that talks back anymore.