Graptolite - WARC Reunion
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Thu 21 Jan 2010 10:47
Thursday 21st January. The skipper is in Betzdorf, Germany
Saturday 16th January; a flying visit to London for the World ARC Reunion
dinner in Richmond Park. I drove across from Germany using the Calais-Dover
ferry and Heike flew in to Heathrow from Berlin. An excellent time was had
by all. Thanks, Daniel for the arrangements and use of the very nice
Pembroke Lodge. Good to meet up again with old crew and fellow yachty
travelers, particularly Colin and Belinda, Nick and Rosie, David, Gerrie and
Petra.
Sunday 17th January; visited the London Boat Show to check out unaffordable
yachts then dinner with daughter Holly and her partner Thom in, I think,
Blackheath.
Monday 18th January; stayed with friends Old Mike and Jacqui near Dorking. I
sustained a bit of leg damage following some excessive tango dance
instruction and rum drinking. Mike and Jacqui are fresh back from tangoing
in Antarctica as one does. I put the video evidence on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1KoGsZzNDY
Tuesday 18th January; a huge Chinese dinner on Tuesday in Woking with son
Tom and then it was back on the Dover car ferry overnight to get ready for
another mission to the Middle East.
So many people to see and so little time. All you good friends and former
crew that live in London and the south of England, you know who you are;
I'll be coming to see you later in the year.
M