On our week off…………….

We had a superb 2^nd charter last week and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves;; we did, however, find that we were both absolutely knackered and we were not sure why………….. until we did the sums and worked out that we had been going flat out since Hannah’s graduation in October – 2 months solid, plus all the stuff we had crammed in during the summer.  This week is the first time we have actually sat and enjoyed the sun and the stars for a bit.

We have gone part share on renting a bungalow at what looks like the highest point on Bequia.   I have just flashed up the GPS and for the Google Earthers among you, our verandah (oh how colonial!!!!!) is at position:

Lat  N 13 00.4884  

Lon  W 06113.7618

Go on, googleearth it, you know you want to J

The house has a red roof and a red concrete verandah around it.  We are only overlooked from the rear of the house and have wonderful vista views for the other 3 sides.   It is a 35 minute walk down the hill  (mega steep, makes Gibraltar look like a playing filed J) and a 10 minute taxi ride back (no, we are not daft enough to walk back up yet – that is a pleasure to come later I’m sure)

We had a tropical storm of biblical proportions come down on us last night and have discovered where the roof leaks.   By some quirk of fate I had moved an armchair last night to get a bit more comfortable. Yes, you guessed it, I found the site of the leak.   Armchair out in sun to dry, if the rain goes away for a bit.   

Rob and Elaine on ‘Joy’  and Micke and Maraid on ‘Galaxy’  are in the beautiful island of Mayreau as I write this. I called Rob yesterday and he reported a slightly bumpy night on the dock in Union Island on Tuesday night.   We actually felt chilly and had to pull a sheet over us during the night – unheard of!!!

We popped down the hill yesterday to check on Camille, to find a hoard of workmen all over her, dancing to the tune of my defect report that I emailed in on Friday.  It seems that if you report the stuff in, it does get fixed – a re-assuring thing.   The boss, Garry, and his wife Elaine are off to St Vincent this morning and we have asked him to get us a CD of real Christmas music for next week.   We didn’t think (dooooohhhh!) to bring those CDs with us from UK and all you can get on Bequia is ‘oh come all de faithful’ with a Caribbean hint going on (reggae/steel drums or both), which is nice but we find ourselves craving English Breakfast tea bags (just run out) and proper Christmas music.  Breaking news - Garry, our boss, brought us some real Christmas music on CD back from his trip to St Vincent.  Hoorah!!!

Well,  we are away on Charter from this Saturday until after the New Year. We hope to get an internet connection at some stage to call loved ones but if we fail, sorry.   Happy Christmas to you all and we wish every one all that is good for a prosperous, pleasurable and loving 2008.

Later dudes and dudettes………………………………