Sailing around the World ( presently in Mauritius )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 21 Oct 2010 06:06
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WEDNESDAY 20th
OCTOBER 2010
05.45hrs Aileen hopped out of the scratcher and set
off for early Mass.
07.00hrs, Terry and Skipper set off in the car to
fill up the petrol containers for the rib,
We also decided to finish the shopping , but, but
the flippin Jumbo's supermarket was closed and not opening till
09.00hrs,
so we did a short trip down to the coast and
watched fishermen get ready for their day...
Later , we returned to the boat and gathered up the
togs and sun creams, towels and flippers and headed off again , south this
time
to a beautifull beach called " Flick and Flack
"
Neil went on his merry way to complete his PADI
course, in fairness to him, he had to do a lot of study before going, as this
thing
includes a written exham, as well as the practical
thing of diving.
The beach was again all this beautifull white sand
facing west onto the ocean, with thousands of palm / coconut trees lining the
shore side of the beach,
we rented 4 sun beds and ganerally napped and went
swimming all day, Skipper did go for a 3 mile walk along the beach, badly
needing the excersise.
Collette got plenty of sun, and was glowing by the
end of the day,
14.50hrs Skipper took a taxi to Quatre Bornes
for his final ckeck up with the doctor, and glad to report that all is
well.
He returned to the beach just as the sun was going
down into the sea, and we , all 4 of us headed off back to Port
Louis.
We met Neil on our return and he had a big grin
from ear to ear, He had passed his PADI course, and recieved his certs. so he
was a happy bunny.
He then took off with all the others ( Younger folk
) to do the town, while the rest of us, went to " Voyageur" for
dinner,
On board, were David and Susan, ( owners ) John and
Jenny from Tzagine and the four of us,
We had starters, mainers, and lots of cheese and
wine to follow, We had a round of jokes to finish before returning to " A
Lady "
All in all, a nice easy day with a great evening to
finish the day.
Thats all for now.
Signed :- Stephen Hyde ( Skipper
)
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