Grand
Cayman
19:18.2N 81:18.41W
We
knew we had to return to the UK
in February and when we were in Grenada
met a lovely lady, Judy, sailing her yacht Wild Woman (appropriately named I
think). She was from Grand Cayman and suggested that might be a good place to
leave Snow Leopard as there are direct flights to the UK, and it is only about 160 miles south of Cuba.
After
Cuba, landing in Grand Cayman is a big, big culture shock – from the
land of shortages to the land of plenty. Our first visit to a Cayman
supermarket was like going to heaven.
Judy
was still sailing but had given us the phone numbers of a couple of friends
who, she said would be happy to help us when we arrived in Grand
Cayman. That was an understatement. First a lovely Scottish lady,
Pam arrived and took us to the supermarket, and then lent us a car for the
duration of our stay, than another friend, Nicole, having heard that we were
looking for a safe berth for Snow Leopard offered us the private dock at her
vast house, and insisted we use the guest wing whilst staying there. We have
been treated royally and I cannot thank them enough for all they have done.
We
were particularly happy to get Snow Leopard securely moored up as there was a
big northerly blow due, which duly arrived on Wednesday night with the
accompaniment of lashing rain, thunder and lightning. The boat was fine and we
were tucked up in the opulent guest quarters.
Snow Leopard and boat house
Our guest wing
The whole house!
We
fly back to the UK
tomorrow (27th February) for a couple of weeks before returning to
Cayman to resume our voyage
