12 December- Cravings...
Moulin Rouge
Philip Barltrop
Sun 12 Dec 2010 16:14
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{GMST}14|10.744|N|055|05.800|W|Cravings|Cravings{GEND} Having spent a couple of weeks on board a boat, our
stocks of fresh goods and treats are now finally running short. Selection
is reduced, but there is still a good couple of week's food available if we are
brave enough to venture into Tesco's. Alibondegas are not holding quite
the same excitement for dinner as they first were and we are all now starting to
think of our first meal when we hit land. Talk of ice-cream and strawberry
cornetto's rate highly, Chris is looking forward to sampling the local rum punch
and cocktails. Philip has found a restaurant that apparently serves 32
ounce steaks - one of his first challenges when we arrive is to book a
table!
We have observed that Andy has been a bit up-and-down in
his performance, and if you look at the attached photo you will understand as we
did when we made this discovery - he is now declared as the master
snaffler!
Last night passed by without incident with good speeds
being achieved, we are almost considering revising our arrival times, but we
still do have a lull in the wind ahead of us, so we do not wish to get too ahead
of ourselves.
We do have a couple of questions for our correspondents
and we would be interested to hear your input and responses on these two
questions:
1. As we are approaching the Caribbean, the
question has arisen; why are pirates called pirates?
2. What is a spar-lash?
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