Too good to leave - a calm day at Green Cay
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I know that sunset photographs are considered old hat but I rather like
this post sunset, pre barbeque one from Thursday.
The barbeque incidentally was fillet steak; another excellent bargain
from Penn Dutch in Friday dawned with not a breath of wind and every prospect of another
very calm day. It seemed a shame to miss this and rather than motor off
north we sat it out, not that that was much of a problem. The chart
showed that somewhere behind the beach was a pond, or small lake and a sighting
of a family of goats on the beach suggested that fresh (ish) water must be
there somewhere. We therefore had a walk ashore with a purpose. The
pond when found was quite an expanse of water; as for drinking or getting in
it, we leave that for the goats.
Photographs do not lie - really; this pond even had its own version of
the Loch Ness Monster.
We did sight a herd of goats on the far side of the pond, a good mile
away. The number of shot gun cartridges around probably explains why the
goats keep their distance from intruders into their isolation. The only
shot that we fired was a photograph. The goats are there if you look
carefully, this was at 15x zoom.
The evening saw the start of a weather change. The Explorer Chart
describes Green Cay as a pleasant fair weather anchorage and fair appears to be
coming to an end and therefore pleasant with it. To finish a very pleasant day in wonderful surroundings the Mate
produced a pork fillet in mushroom and white wine sauce. Roughing it in
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