What? no more Virgins.
Oriole
Tue 14 Mar 2006 16:13
|
On Sunday 26th we moved a mile or so to a quiet bay
on Norman Island where we met
up with three other yachts (Lorriegray, Willow and Robin) for a barbeque on the beach. We cooked over charcoal but the song singing accompanied by guitar and tympani went on for hours around a driftwood fire. Chris was eulogising about the snorkling and the entire crew were swimming before breakfast next morning. 
Wading ashore at the Baths last week.
We moved back to Marina Cay on Monday where skipper
and mate were treated to dinner by our departing guests. We were very sorry to bid them farewell at the airport after a very relaxing time with perfect weather and great company. Wednesday was a diving day when our ambitions to dive on the RMS Rhone an early steamship sunk in a hurricane in 1867 were fulfilled. Often very crowded we had the place to ourselves and our excellent guides who took us inside to the eerie darkness of the wreck. The corals now growing on it and the shoals of fish living there are quite spectacular and it deserves its reputation as the best wreck dive in the Caribbean.  Bits of RMS Rhone (signalling canon bottom
left)
We met Roly and Consie for dinner on Restless RCC and it was good to see them again and hear about their trip up the East Coast of the US. Back across the Anagada Passage on Friday night we are now in Anguilla so have said goodbye to the Virgins. It is good to be back in the tranquility of Anguilla after the often crowded and noisy anchorages in the BVIs. There is one nationality (not UK and no prizes for guessing) who cannot enjoy themselves or do anything quietly! The weather is now unusually quiet with virtually no wind today, the Atlantic high pressure being blocked by an intervening low. We are very sorry to have missed James' and Cat's wedding this weekend, but we were there in spirit, with Robert the family representative. |