Eastern Bound
Desiderata Sailing Log
Stuart Armstrong and Julia Neustein
Tue 31 May 2011 14:10
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,,,,,and we're off again, Desi is sailing YAY, only
another 1,789 miles to the Azores !! Empty bank account DONE, Book into
rehab DONE, Buy treats DONE
Bermuda was absolutely lovely, very pretty. It's
divided into areas, which made us feel at home Somerset, Southampton, Pembroke.
Except Eileen as she's Canadian, eh ! We stayed for 6 days, we knew it was time
to leave when we got fed up with drinking and had no money left.
We met a lovely guy called Cole Dale, we thought
his name was Cole, but turned out to be called Dale. He was kind enough to take
us to Southampton, as the drive is beautiful and there's a lighthouse with fab
views, the girls all squeezed into his very small car, he thought we were all
drunk, it was 10 am, we usually wait until at least midday ! He also turned out
to work for an importers, so gave us a box of Heinz baked beans, Ribena, cereal
bars (so there's now no danger of running out), Cornflakes although there's no
fridge so chocolate cornflake cakes it is, oh and some McVitie specialty
biscuits. HOORAH for Cole Dale, if you're reading this thank you very
much.
We had a couple of the worst/expensive meals that
we've ever had, one Chinese and one Indian, Beth actually made the "Shame on you
!" comment in the Indian when they presented luminous raita insisting that it
was all natural and a Biriyani with no sauce, the statement is only used very
rarely when really disappointed/disgusted. But we were all abit tiddly so no
harm done.
We went on a few buses, which were proper pink
ones, not like the other islands, which tend to be mini buses, they were the
strictest buses in the whole world, you weren't allowed to do/say anything or
you would be told off. But is was a great way to see the island.
The beaches were beautiful and the water crystal
clear, although we only went on a couple of them.
Eileen and Joyce became a little obsessed with
thrift stores and scoured the island for them, to stock up on warm clothes, as a
couple of guys heading/in the Azores, said that thermals were required and the
Azores were like Wales. Thank god we found M&S, leggings, thermals, vests,
knickers and Percy pigs a go go. Beth is now trading her new knickers for a
squirt of Joyce's perfume daily and the chance to get hold of her
photos.
Eileen has found the sewing machine and seems to be
fixing all of Kelly's clothes, Kelly is skipper for the trip and is very excited
about catching more fish, Joyce is still washing her clothes and making us
laugh, Beth is just dreaming of a 747 and airline food and Stuart is, well
Stuart, so all is good on Desi.
Team Desi x |