Wednesday 2nd September 2009 (Lini’s Journal)

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Simon Williams
Thu 3 Sep 2009 18:48

   The weather forecast was worse! Si chopped fruit and we made other plans for our day. A good day to review safety equipment and procedures we thought. The morning disappeared reading, writing, emailing and briefly reading the papers in reception after our showers. It was perfect weather to finish my lentil soup for lunch and feeling rather weary we rested our eyes for a while. Perhaps the manic build up to our departure was catching up with us. I slept for hours waking as rain accompanied the howling wind. We went through man overboard procedures and associated first aid in the afternoon then had an early dinner of sausages, mash and steamed green beans – ideal comfort food for such a foul day. The wind backed and increased gusting F10 at times making me glad again we had stayed put today. We mulched down with umpteen pillows and watched a movie on a laptop.                                   ---Lini---