12/4/09

Flying Cloud
Julian Nichols
Sun 12 Apr 2009 13:49
My birthday fell on Easter Sunday this year, in Bourg des Saintes, and i was very fortunate to have the wonderful Jenny cook me the most fantastic birthday cake (it barely lasted 2 days despite its size).

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Not only was there cake, but also a wonderful world of Marzipan sea creatures!

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The pirates then decided to hike up to Fort Napoleon on a Birthday adventure.... amazingly Blue Beard had already visited the castle and left Ella's butterfly necklace in a cannon - which the pirates soon found.

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The view below is from the fort, looking down on Bourg de Saintes and across to Dominica in the background.

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Back to the boat after the exhausting hike for a fantastic lunch - followed by swimming.

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The day was completed via a business transaction, incredibly the local Kayak hire shop stocked the fantastic Clearblue Hawaii products - and i was able to buy a paddle for the inflatable and - piece de resistence - a large rigid transparent Kayak. The Cloud is now definitely looking like a mobile hire shop as the various marine toys and ribs now number 8 or 9!