the photographs - Christmas Day Part One

Tashi Delek
Mike & Carol Kefford
Sat 31 Dec 2011 19:00

We woke to find stockings on our door.  Moyra had been at work.

 

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Then the most expertly made Bucks Fizz we have ever had thanks to Michael......

 

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And then the whales came.  We have looked at the photographs, watched the video and studied the book very carefully.  Definitely Sperm Whales.  2 maybe 3.  Wow.  The video is fantastic and shows very clearly how they blow a cloud of spray forward.  We felt very honoured that they came to see us just as we sighted land.

 

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The perfect moment for Michael to use his father’s telescope.

 

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Sorry to point it out but look at the colour of the water.......

 

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And now we have to try and remember our anchoring drills; and the fact that we had tied several extra knots on the anchor to hold it in place in the big waves.

 

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We are surrounded by superyachts....

 

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But there are others like us around too.....

 

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Down goes the anchor.......

 

 

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and we know we made it......   12 noon Christmas Day 2011.

 

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