We have unleashed the surly bonds of earth and sail the seas on laughter silvered wings.
A lunchtime tortilla wrap making contest has developed on board, Kelsey having scaled new heights yesterday with crispy lettuce, warm prosciutto, fried red pepper ( peminto in Spanish ) and onions with cucumber and full grain mustard. By popular request today the filling was scrambled egg and diced fresh red pepper and barely ripe tomatoes and Joules thoughtfully added fried lardons and onions plus the chilli con carne left over from yesterday. Captain Ross hankers after the simpler traditional fare of preserved meat and lettuce but has an ever so slightly dodgy habit of going off script himself. he added smoked paprika and tabasco sauce to the evening dishes he has been presenting plus a crafty way round Kelsey"s embargo on using the chorizo in the fridge.
We were all totally exhausted on leaving Las Palmas after a cooking marathon by Kelsey and exhaustive and frustrating shopping expeditions led by Bowman Joules and Ian from Bristol. Ian recently retired from playing Rugby and is evidently enjoying a bit of peace and quiet. Other crew members include junior international sportsman and dinghy sailor Randal, deanne, a refugee from the USSR now resident in Boston and Zolly, yachtsman and high flying business man from Budapest.
The light weight kite exploded on the second night creating a huge amount of work for Captain Ross and I am now hard at work testing the limits of the heavyweight kite whilst bouncing everyone off their bunks and causing general mayhem.
Best wishes to you all, Al