Thursday 2 July 2009

There be Rocks!!!!!!

Hmmmm it's always a good way to start the blog with an Hmmmm. Well I'm going to start this apologising to Afton, who by this point may be well aware that I have upped sticks and gone on a mad sailing adventure. However I feel that she is probably far to absorbed in the loving embrace of her new husband that she hasn't seen since she got married.......

Well here I be in Ireland and it's nice the people are friendly and the waters are peaceful. The skipper was a bit concerend that I would go to sleep during all the plain saling and then he realised I really enjoyed rough sea and the challenge of making tea, without even a hint of the old sea vomit. To be honest the last ten days or so have been idylic and kinda intresting becasue for the most part I have had absolutley no idea where I've been. The crew have ( i'd like to underline the have here) been fantastic amd we've been get up to all kinds of bond girl adventures, not least swimming from the boat to the shore in the Scillies. Pat surprised us all with her superb diving, beautiful blue eyes and big long lush eylases.It was fab, we were becalmed in the Celtic Sea and the boat seemed like it was heading to the Carrabean for a moment as oppose the the Emerald Isle. I have to say I am very pleased with the development of my tan, which has been far better than all the othere girls ha ha. And Here was me thinking I was just another peelywally Scot. Not true. So it was gin & tonics alll round. We even got checked out by a private jet, who I think got a bit of a surprise with 6 girls on the deck in bikinis.

What else we were greeted in Glandore by dolphins which was all good and Belle and I hitched round to Union Hall and found I guy who knew a guy that Belle knew. You had to be there. Yup all siorts of coincidences have been going on including going to dinner at an Australian, John Kelly's place for dinner. John lived in a cottage that had one of the worst account of the Potatoe Famine written about it. Strangely it wasn't a dark place and had a fabulous outdorr fire with a chimney. it was quite funny by that opint I was quite pissed and quite openly pointed out how well he was doing for himself....... I don't think Belle was embarrased, well at least she didin't show it. Thanks Belle.

Baltimore brought along Irish adventures in Craic ( is that how you spell it) which included loads of backchat from a gang of boys from Cork, who kept me highly entertained for a change. I was renamed 'Rat Bastard'&'Tough Biscuit' and serenaded with "Kimberley Mikado coconut cream someone you love should love some mum" this continued through to Bere Isaland, where Barry decided I was best descrimbed as "Armored Car". Marmalade ( the Rat) I hope has made his final appearance and Henry Ihope not his last; it may all become clear. From Baltimore we wen't through a few isalnd and had to wait for the tide to come in before we hit soem rocks. it was lucky because we ended up seeing some Otters and an abandoned Donkey on a one Donkey Island!

Skinny dipping in Bere Island and many and agonising converasation about life in general. Bere I salnd was great population 200. Fibnally I was somewhere where you couldn't here cars. I've encouraged Imogen to take up hitchhiking and it seems like she's quite enjoying it and taking the benefits well, like free Scuba Diving excursions with randoms call Jack, who lives in the houde that he built.

Jumping ship that nest hitchiking across Ireland I don't know where from or to yet andf I haven't packed my bag yet and I meant to be off, oh well. The whole life trip..... I'm sure me and the road will sort it out.

Oh and sussanna our pirate queen how could I forget!!!!!! She be the greatest pirate queen of the South West, taken hostage in a strange place called London, we must recapture her adn regian our honour.