Our Stay in Cabo Verde
The Travels of Running Tide
Mick Norman
Sat 9 Feb 2013 01:16
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Disaster struck today. Norm lost his Kindle. One
minute he had it the next it was gone. We knew it was on RT. We looked
everywhere, in the fridge (I know what OAPs are like), the heads, down the back
of all the seats. How could he have lost it? It did serve one purpose as in the
search we spotted the long lost tins of tomatos and the kitchen rolls but no
Kindle. Norm went to bed Kindle less. I offered to lend him a book but it wasn't
the same. It didn't have that feel about it.
It was a jobs day in the sun. Norm drew the short
straw and took on the task of servicing the heads. Not to be taken lightly. To
relieve the boredom he tried a spot of fishing. Peder and I were still engrossed
with the water supply after the water pump packed up yesterday. Looks as if the
pressure switch is done for but we can get by. We think we have found the source
of the leak to the rubber boat, and old cooking gas vent at low level in the
lazarette and hopefully pluggged it..
It was Carnival in Mondelo tonight. We headed off
first to the Club Nautico for a beer and meal of dorado and chips. The group
were playing the local music, the sad melodies of the Imorna. All day long we
could hear the drums as the children had their Carnval then at night the grown
up had their turn. Think drum based mobile bands driving slowly through the
street followed by hundreds of locals dancing their hearts out.
Also in harbour is Lynn Rival the boat belonging to
the Chandlers who were captured and held for a long time by Somali prirates
several years back. Back on the circuit again. By chance we saw their
boat in Falmouth just before we left UK shores way back in September
last year.
Mindelo
 Norm and Peder using the heads as bait for fishing
in the harbour, no luck
 The results of Norms handwork
 Norm did eventually find his Kindle stuffed in a
cupboard. Now he is a happy boy.
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