Day Five and Six
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Tue 5 Aug 2008 17:31
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Hi Folks,
The mayhem continues , more visits to industrial
estates yesterday to reduce the list of bits , we are nearly there on that front
at last ! then a frantic dash around the sights of Papiate for me it was the war
memorial and an old canon, for the girls it was the old market with trinkets
galore , I managed to slip into a ironmongers and had a quick peruse of some
super glue,standly blades but alas I still cant find any lamp oil, then it was
off again into the hustle and bussel of the main town, the usual thing T shirts
etc.
We adventualy found the car hire place that
Rob and Ruth had been to earlier, and old Chinese guy called Mr Roberts,this guy
did the lot from car hire " and I use the term loosely " to motorbikes
scooters , radios and lawnmowers , anyway it not your Hertz or Avis its as
it comes no vaulting allowed and no pre inspection either, "you just bring back
with no fuel" was the only thing requested , don mind the bumps or dings theirs
so many you would be there for the length of the car hire plotting them out
, the up side was a really good rate on the three days, so we
all clambered in to the wagon and shot of to the supermarket to get the grub for
the evening meal , we had the Rhythm crew coming over as they had arrived from
the Tuamotoes the day before on the back of the big blow which has just gone
through to the south of us, it was a rough ride by all accounts and the drying
foul weather gear on the guard rails bore testament to that one ! the 20 ft seas
with the same force of wind , a gentle reminder was also given as a lone sailor
has been reported missing between here and the Astralas Islands to the south of
us, no news on him yet but we all have our ears to the ground ,
it goes to show that even in these temperate climes when mother
nature decides to give us mariners a kick up the jacksy its usually a big one
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The trip to the supermarket proved eventful as Cpt
Fluffy dropped a beer bottle ( glass) at the checkout most embarrassing
standing in a pile of broken glass and beer , anyway we adventualy got it
cleaned up and checked out...
A toured out crew !
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