Boddam Island Bimble - Part One

Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 26 Jun 2019 23:07
Boddam Island Bimble – Part One
 
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We spuddled in Baby Beez the three miles over to Boddam Island.
 
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Boddam Island – bottom left of the atoll.
 
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From a way off we could just make out a landing jetty.
 
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We didn’t fancy the jagged edges of the concrete jetty so we headed in to park Baby Beez on the beach to the right. Once ashore Bear sprayed mossy repellent on me from top to toe, reverse side, I sprayed the front and off we went.
 
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Through a gap in the shore bushes we could see a cross.
 
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The memorial at the bottom of the cross.
 
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We paid our respects at the cross, bimbled south (or left) to explore. We saw loads of hermit crabs, the chaps here had to have their own blog, oooo a capstan.
 
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We followed a track next to an old wall.
 
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We passed ‘something’ and popped out by a fire pit.
 
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The remains of a building that over recent years has served as a ‘yacht club’, complete with ‘welcome mat’.
 
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On past a gap between buildings.
 
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A smashing tree made a good resting place for a great, big coconut crab.
 
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The tree. A shed.
 
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A homestead.
 
 
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