Sailing around the World ( Presently in Knysna, South Africa )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sat 27 Nov 2010 06:18
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FRIDAY 26th NOVEMBER
2010
08.00hrs We had a slow get up, It was a very dull
day ,.............The Barometer was was at 1012 , ( remember a high is
1022 )
The police came and checked our passports, and vere
a very pleasent bunch. they even managed to run out of feul
as they travelled back across the harbour.
We had a leasurly porridge breakfast as we read
over the emails, Over the last few days we had emails from :- Aileens sisters
Michelle & Anne, Ian Mc Millan,( Belfast
) Stefan H, Paul H.Jim Murphy, Kevin Dwyer, Fergus and Kay Quinlan ( now in
NZ )
Rory Quirke,( Cook Islands
)
Gillian O Connell , Louis Souls ( C.T. ) Robin
Clapham , ( Kevin Dwyers cousin in S.A.)
Neil washed down the decks while skipper did the
blog. Aileen did some washing in the Magic washing machine.
11.00 Skipper took his laptop ashore to the club
where he met Mike and Jean from " Jeannius " They were tied alongside the clubs
pontoon.
They helped skipper get the laptop topped up with
credit for the wifi and then left, and skipper failed to get the thing to work
,
after 2 hours of fiddling, gave up and returned the
laptop to the boat,
Meanwhile, Aileen and Neil went on a walking tour
of Thesen Island, This is a new waterside residential development and almost
every residential unit has its own marina / pontoon. not to mention all the
restaurants, a botique hotel and a limited number of shops.
16.30 As skipper was about to leave the
clubhouse, he got a tap on the shoulder, Ohhhh my gawd, Its Sham
Riordan.........
can you belive this, We knew he was living in
S.A. but did we ever think it was here in Knysna, Well,Well,
It seems that many others from Ireland have places
here in Knysna, and it certainly looks like another Paradise.
17.00hrs The Barometer had fallen to 1007 (
thats the lowest it has been since we arrived in S.A. )
There was plenty of fog around the place by now, so
Skipper put on a nice bit of " Gammon " to cook for dinner later, and then took
the
rib for a trip around the canals in " Theses Island
"
This used to be a huge timber sawmills and the
family that owned the sawmill closed it down and raised the ground 1.5m and
built
this beautifull development a few years ago.
The buildings are mostly timber and stone.with lots of steel bridges crossing
all
the different canals.
Its like a modern day version of Venice and a more
tastefull development than " Soto Grande" on the south coast of
Spain.
This is where Bryan Kearney also has his winter
nest.
Skipper was impressed with the Architecture, very
impressed . so decided to head back to the club for a G&T ,
There he met Neil and many other sailors and club
members and gaenerally had good fun and lots of stories.
after a while , we were joined by Sham & Emily
Riordan for a few more scoops, they generously offered us a loan
of their jeep to go touring , which we graciously
accepted.
19.50 We departed the swinging club and
returned to the boat for dinner,
This consisted of a slightly smoked Gammon, Cabbage
done in the meat water, plus creamed potatoes, and a couple of
carrotts.. yum yum.
much better than anything in a
restaurant.
The weather looks dodgy for Sunday, so we decided
that we will leave on Monday, Thats if the window is open !
Thats it .
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (
Skipper )
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