Thursday, 28th October 2010
05.30hrs Aileen sprang to life and took off for a long walk into the center of Le Port this is the town associated with the marina we are presently located at. The return journey here must be a good 4/5 miles.
06.30 Skipper and Terry got out of the scratchers and Skip decided to catch up with the blogs and emails, Terry did some scouting around and observing the locals and what they were up to !
08.30 Collette and Neil arose and appeared to the rest of us. All this was followed by a healthy breakfast before we decided to head off again in the "sardine can" to the beach at St- Gilles-les- Bains. We fiddled around the place before we managed to get organised and eventually left the boat around 11.30 and headed south. Neil had already agreed to go off with Oisin and the others touring around in their car.
St-Gilles, This beautiful village was just about 30 minutes drive away and as soon as we arrived, we all went for a swim in the crystal clear blue water from the white sandy beach, one of the very few beaches on this Island. Later, skipper wandered off to the nearby Aquarium and spent an hour or so enjoying a very well designed and maintained attraction. The collection of fish and corals was terrific and well worth the 9 euros entry fee.
14.00hrs We found a beach side restaurant that served us beautiful salads and Skipper had "Buck Wheat" crepes with cheese and a fried egg sitting on the top. Yum, yum... This was followed by some delicious icecream all served in crepes and we really enjoyed the food and the beers....
We met some of the other sailors from the fleet wandering about the place, some enjoying the swimming. Later we squeezed into the "Sardine Can" once more and took off back to the boat and changed our clothes, as we were heading to St. Denis to meet Paul and Suzana (Rally Control) for dinner,
18.15hrs We arrived at the appointed restaurant, and all had a few beers to start, except Neil, who was still out travelling with the others. We had a lovely evening with Paul and Suzana and the food was equally very good. We swopped stories and eventually left the place about 11.30pm and headed back to the boat again for a night cap, except we observed Bob from Ocean Jasper heading over to the beach with his guitar, so Terry and Collette followed, while skipper went to the scratcher. Its amazing how long it takes the body to shake off the affects of operations, drugs and antibiotics, so skipper still gets tired early in the evenings.
The party on the beach went on for half the night, Terry and Collette were heard returning with Neil well into the morning hours, and then the zzzzzzzzzz machine got into full swing.
That's all for now,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (Skipper)