Day 14 to St Helena
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Mon 10 Feb 2020 06:00
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17:36.98 S 4:44.69 W
Day Fourteen
to St Helena
  As always I went to
stand at the bottom of the stairs to say good morning and ask about the days
food requirements. I was more than a little surprised when a bear-like paw
thrust in front of me, I took it, Congratulations we
have gone all the way round as we have done our three-sixty degrees.
Wow. You don’t get up every morning to hearing that being verbalised. Wow. I had
fun trying to draw two straight lines by hand on a
rolling Beez but you get the idea. Sadly, the main map on the blog
follows our track but not on one image so there are two
Africas........
We have put in most
of our westing (wind conditions and being able to sail) and now have 110 nmiles
left to arrive in James Town, St Helena. Then just our long journey to Antigua
to ‘Close the Circle’. Wow. Hasn’t really sunk in yet, well I did expect to
discuss salad or hot food....... Would love to see our map on the blog but will
have to wait until I get internet when we go ashore as we are now below and
slightly to the left of Plymouth where it all began 40,872 nautical miles
ago.
  Todays
‘Happy Pictures’.
   Yesterday we spent the morning
sailing with more of the same, some sun (the sea is such an incredible blue when the sun has ‘got his hat on’), some
overcast and some drizzle. I was four one up and lost, very disgruntled along
with the growling (backgammon).
I had suggested Bear enjoy two egg
banjos, what are you having, I fancy cheese
and mushroom omelette with tinned tomatoes. Oooo can I have
the same. There we are then. I had to win at Mex Train or I would be
gnashing my teeth as well as growling. Bear has restarted his Harry Bosch books,
I finished Game of Thrones and understand why so many thought it an anti-climax.
Late afternoon I watched as over two hundred flying fish all took to the air at
once to get out of Beez way, an incredible sight but too fast to have the camera
ready in time.
  Sunset was
none too spectacular but the full moon was. The
little camera did his best even setting off the flash on one of the attempts,
don’t think that will light up the sky
somehow. Well, it did try at least.
At six this
morning we had covered 135 nmiles.
Total completed 1663
nautical miles.
ALL IN ALL A WONDERFUL
FEELING
WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT AND HEADING FOR BRITISH
SOIL......
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