Graptolite -A Reprieve for the Barnacles
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Tue 6 Jul 2010 20:35
Berlin, Tuesday 6th July 2010
Holly and Thom turned up eventually and we did lots of tourist stuff
including canoeing the canals at Spreewald while eating gherkins; drinking
cocktails on a tropical beach inside a Zeppelin hangar and watching the
World Cup (England v Slovenia) at another beach in the city which was
definitely non-tropical. We also had a drive out to Hamburg for Heike's
birthday, staying at the Hotel Atlantic.
My old mum had a birthday as well reaching 80 last week so both Heike and I
were in Blackburn for the celebrations along with Leanne and Marcus and
boys. I was struggling with the flu, or something, which will teach me to
keep up-to-date with British diseases. I slept until last Thursday, some of
it at Johnny and Alison's, then struggled down to Liverpool Airport, back to
Berlin and slept some more. I'm getting better thank you.
I had intended to check up on Grapto this week but the thought of
antifouling in 50 degrees is putting me off for some reason.
M