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Skyelark of London - 500 miles to go



Dear friends and family,
As you will remember, I promised you that we will be in St Lucia on the third Wednesday after leaving Las Palmas. As you can see on the Yellowbrick tracker, we are currently NOT in St Lucia, in fact, we have another 500 miles or so to go.

Remember to enter our competition for the best prediction on our arrival time and date. The closes time wins a rum punch! (T's & C's apply, prizes cannot be exchanged for cash, prizes must be collected in person from the ARC office in St Lucia before 25 December, competition closes 21 December)

Before leaving Las Palmas, I had a list of items that I wanted to see or be able to do during this trip. My list is coming on pretty well!

Things that I have seen:
1 Dolphins
2 Phosphorescence
3 Dolphins swimming through phosphorescence (this was not on my list, but it
was amazing to see!)
4 Flying fish (yes, they really do have wings and they glide)
5 The night sky, the Milky Way and the Southern Cross

Things that I have done:
6 Surviving being on a boat for more than a week
7 Feeling ok while being on a boat for more than a week
8 Enjoying being on a boat for more than a week (this was not on my list)
9 Taking a shower
10 Cooking a meal (Loftus had to help me out a bit!)
11 Reading
12 Crocheting
13 An Atlantic squall
14 Assisting in catching a fish
15 Eating a fish that we have caught ourselves

Things that I have not seen, but hoped to see (there is still time yet):
16 A whale or an Orca (sadly, no whales so far, but I invite you all to Cape Town for some whale spotting in October)
17 Being hit in the face by a flying fish (I am glad this has not happened, in fact, I have not seen any flying fish in the cockpit)


I trust this will be the last blog I write before our arrival over the weekend. I wish you all well and will be in contact with you next week.

Kindest regards
Melindie


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