CREW CHANGEOVER DAY

Aquila
Alan and Sarah Bennett
Tue 3 Jun 2014 05:12
Saturday 31 May. Crew changeover completed as planned! Sarah, and Jill and Bill Pollock arrived on schedule, and exchanged waves with Peter, Stuart and Ken as the former got off the plane while the latter stood ready to embark. Shame they could not have had more of a meeting! The return bus journey to Le Vieux Ville was filled with lively conversation, but for some reason this trip stopped at the bus station (as opposed to the harbour), so we had a bit of a trek with the crew’s baggage to the boat. Associated loss of cred for skip! Photo below of the new crew safely aboard….
Thereafter followed a relaxing remainder of the day: the highlights being a leisurely cockpit lunch, a convivial backstreet restaurant in the evening, all rounded off with a delicious Auchentoshan on return on board. This nectar was added to the ship’s locker courtesy of Bill and Jill – thank you very much indeed for this, and the accompanying Balvenie – you are clearly psychic, as well as extremely generous!
It was decided that the excitement of an airing of ‘Detachment Fever’ for the benefit of the new crew should be retained for another evening…..

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