Releif from Irigation
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Mon 31 Mar 2008 14:01
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"Relief from Irrigation"
Date 31st March 2008
Hi Folks,
Yesterday we escaped the Colonic area and came back
up to Portobello , it was to windward but anywhere would be better that
dirt , grime and crime , we don't have to be back down in that area until we
transit the canal , we have some formalities to complete so will go back to the
area in about eight days time .
I was a real scorcher yesterday , hardly any
wind by the time we got to Portobello , anchored under the old fort again , and
put the Mk II sun large sun shade up , it was an easier task on the jetty at Le
Marin , but I wouldn't swap the surroundings , the howler monkeys do there thing
at first light , and also at dusk , the local chickens however don't , I
think there clocks are completely out as they seem to crow at odd times , a good
case of a large sock over the head I think.
Today we will attempt to fix the auto pilot
which threw a wobbler yesterday so we lost all our GPS , Navionics ect , which
was a good thing as the old pilotage and Nav skills were bought back into play ,
plus a three hr dose of hand steering !
We have yet to explore Portobello , that we
are doing later today and will be reporting in tmrw on the village ect
.
Lyn is still down with "Colon" tummy , she
braved the deck yesterday and conned us into Portobello , iron will doesn't
keeper her down , but the sun shade was too much , she had a shower and
disappeared off to bed, hopefully the tummy cramps will stop in the next few
days ,we are keeping her topped up with fluids , Dr Ruth is on the case
!
All at Portobello
Piece at last ...
Veg
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