" A LADY TRIP" Sailing around the world and avoiding the recession, ( presently in Panama City)
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 1 Feb 2010 22:04
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SUNDAY 31st January 2010
Crew :- Stephen Hyde , Aileen Hyde, Donal MC
Clement, Kevin Dwyer, Grattan Roberts, & Richard Roberts.
07.00hrs Aileen & Stephen awoke and appeared to
an empty marina,
We went to the Yacht Club and got a taxi to " San
Jose" church in the old town, ( the one with the gold Alter) for 09.00
Mass.
LATER< We walked around the Old Town again
while Donal and Kevin went off to an Air Show, (hoping to see BIGGLES
again)
How Who remembers BIGGLES,, .......He was a crack
ace pilot with the R.A.F. and flew a Spitfire, The fictional Biggles was a
hero
when we were Kids. If you hadent read Biggles, Then
you were nothing...... Do you remember him !.
Meanwhile, back at the boat, Grattan put his feet
up hoping the rest would do them good, swollen ancles and blisters do not sound
well.
Too much heat or something! Richard went off
and watched Man. United v Arsonel. ( M U won the match 4/1)
To think we can still see all these things down
here , so far away from home, makes you wonder, Indeed wonder,
The Skipper recalls " the old Man " John Hyde
taking part in the OCEAN race at home, The race
was Crosshaven to Kinsale.. 20 miles or so.
That was a major undertaking at the time (
1940's) and big boats were 40feet max, and everything leaked like baskets.
Today, 20 miles is a short trip, A place to go to
for lunch, or stop off and say hello to a friend.
Since May last year, we have sailed the GUTS of
6000 miles, and it seems like it was a dawdle.
To think we could be sitting at home bored out of
our trollies, or worse still sitting in front of the goggle box going
nowhere,with our feet in the fire..
But it does take a bit of an effort to get up and
go, as we did , and here we are now,
half way round the world and enjoying every
minute of it all.
We went to the " Multi Plaza" Shopping Center, A
super place, ( We will have to buy Clayton a ticket to come look the place over
for a few ideas)
The security is very obvious, Lots of little
fellows in brown uniforms with guns bigger than themselves walking around the
place like children an a smarty party. Mind you I would not try stealing
their "smarties". The result might be noisy.
LATER , we returned to find the rest of the" gang
of six" sitting in the cockpit cooling off out of the serious heat.
Then that lot went off for dinner , as Aileen and
the Skipper already had lunch at the shopping center so they did the blog and
some washing
in a relaxed atmosphere, and with the A/C running
to cool things down
Later again , When the others returned we had a few
glasses of wine and a laugh about the blog and the " BUS
PARTY"
then the bunks zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Signed, Stephen Hyde.
Skipper
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