Grenada
Eowyn
Tue 12 May 2015 22:39
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Eowyn is presently at anchor
in Prickly Bay, Grenada.
We continued to enjoy our diving in
Carriacou with the enthusiastic Connie from Arawak Divers. It was relief for
Chris that she could dive again after being laid up for so long with
Chikungunya. There was plenty of socialisng too as Badger's Sett and Oriole were
in the bay with us. We celebrated the last day of the lobster season with a
great lobster pizza at the Lazy Turtle and early the next morning set off for
the 40 mile passage to Prickly Bay. After some lively seas and force 5
Easterly winds, or usual anchor spot next Essex Girl was waiting for
us.
There were several OCC yachts here
too including Casa Tu and Odyssyeus
After a shopping trip to replenish
our depleted fresh goods, we signed up for some diving .with Scubatech, now run
by Eveline Verdier. Sunday saw 2 great dives and in the next few days we managed
6 more - Chris is a happy bunny!
On Monday we took time off to
complete an historical tour of the island with Clement Baptiste. Although we
have completed many tours before, this had a different perspective and much to
Chris's delight included a trip to the new Jouvay chocolate factory, complete
with sampling
Wednesday evening was time for the
turtle watch and after a 2 hour taxi ride, we arrived at the north of Grenada
and were privileged to see 4 magnificent leatherback turtles returning to
the place where they were themselves hatched to lay their
eggs
On Friday we were surprised by Jochen
Lenz knocking on the hull in a floating doughnut, celebrating Sabine's birthday
with rather too much beer. It would have been rude not to join in so we bimbled
around the bay for an hour or so helping them consume the drinks.
We met them again on Saturday, when
we bussed up to Victoria for our first outing with the Grenada Hash House
Harriers. The course was rough and hill and lasted about 90 minutes, but it was
great fun and we managed to complete it without too much injury.
On Monday, we headed to Le Phare Bleu
to start our layup procedures ready to haul on the 14th and fly home on the
18th
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