" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World, and avoidind the Shite at Home.
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 5 Feb 2010 16:37
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THURSDAY 04th February 2010
06.00hrs We woke up to a COCK Crowing merrily on
shore, you know something, it was just sooooo lovely to hear it.
07.00hrs We all jumped over the side yet again for
that early refreshing dip, this time was to be the last for Grattan and
Richard,
as they were flying home today, Richard had come
out of his shell in the last few days and fitted in with the old fogies quite
well,
09.00hrs We took Grattan & Richard ashore
and off they went in a taxi to the airport.( 1/2 mile journey
)
10.30hrs A&S went ashore and rented a golf
buggy to do a tour of the Island, We first went east along the road passing the
airport on the way,
and low and behold . there was Grattan and Richard
getting aboard the little 16 seater plane, A few photo's later and they were
gone.
13.00hrs We stopped and had a light lunch, The
Skipper minding his insides,
After lunch we travelled west along in our rattle
trap buggy, ( remember the island is only 3.5 miles long) which
was perfect for the Island transport.
The beaches here are splendid, pure white, very
fine sand and lovely to walk on, and of course we had a swim while we were at
it.
Skipper in his Shorts and Aileen in her Knickers, (
Stupid , of course we forgot the tog's) Aileen also collected a pile of
shells,
The shells are for some future project at home,
Thats if we ever go home or get home....
The interesting thing here is the difference
between these Islands and the " San Blas Islands" these are very
hilly and covered in trees
and " Cantadora" in particular is very civilised
and very clean, where as the San Blas Islands are very low, sandy little islands
with mostly coconut
trees and undergrowth, and lots of rubbish
around the edges ( No doubt supplied by passing ships and other places
)
None the less, both are very pritty and interesting
places to visit.
Leslie and Marie Auchincloss have actually a place
here in " Isla Cantadora",
16.00 S & A returned to the boat and letf
Fat's and Kevin off in the " buggy" to explore the island
18.30 S& A went ashore to meet the other
two for Dinner in " Resteraunt Romantica ",, Well well, guess
what,
Aileen fell flat on the back into the sea when she
was getting out of the rib onto the beach, there was a big enough swell
running
at the tine and it was dark also ,, ,,
Needless to mention, she was saturated and decided
to call it a day, so Skipper returned her to the ship and she watched a D.V.D
for the evening, while
the " three Muskateers" went for the Dinner on
their own, and a lovely dinner it was too.
As we got the rib into the surf, (difficult enough
with the sea breaking onto the beach) and got the fat man on board, KEVIN, ohh
feck, fell in,
and again, like poor Aileen, got soaked and worse
still, his new Phone ( which he was so proud of ) also got soaked.
When we eventually got back on board the boat, The
hairdrier was put into operation very quicly , not to dry the hair, but to dry
Kevins Phone,
We had a good laugh about the falling in ,
Well Fat's and Stephen thought it was funny, but not the other two.
Anyway it was an interesting day, a night cap, and
all off to the scratcher....................zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Signed.......... Stephen, the
Skipper.
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