Last week and this week on board:
* We left Horta, Portugal heading for Gibraltar. We sailed for seven days and end up back in Portugal, Faro Portugal on the continent, but still! ( It was a wind thing)
* Ronan settled on his passage look. The hair has yerned him the nickname Ziggy.
* Our friend Grant who was expecting a lovely holiday sailing around the Med drinking sundowners has ended up, flying to Gibraltar, then having to bus to Cadiz, Spain, where we picked him up then immediately sailed over night back towards Gibraltar, When our starboard engine failed, we made Grant get in the dinghy and act as out engine. Now he’s hanging out in a marina while we have work done. Oh the glamour of being on Ondine.
*We sailed through the strait of Gibraltar at night. It’s a pretty spectacular light show. It’s like sailing down a super tanker highway. You feel like you can reach out and touch the lights of Europe with one hand and Africa’s with other, as huge lit up monster ships speed pass you.
* We have not actually ever made it to Gibraltar. We got darn close. However when we arrived the marina was closed due to a fuel tank explosion that had left oil in the water. ( poor Ondine got very dirty) We have ended up across the boarder in La Lina, Spain.
*We try and sound like locals and refer to Gibraltar as Gib.
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This week my puppy, who is still with his mummy and daddy, opened his eyes. They are blue, but they’ll change as he gets older. He has been learning to walk, although this means a lot of falling over. Luckily he’s well designed for it!
Sydney has been cold, so I will have to knit him a sweater before he comes to live with me and Emmylou. At the moment he gets to cuddle up with his mummy and 10 brothers and sisters. I just have to wait four weeks until he is old enough to leave his mummy. We live near them so he’ll get to see his mummy and daddy down at the park. Emmylou loves the cold weather and has been running around like crazy. So what’s new about that!
Last week I travelled the land of Sydney and got the flu as well as farewelling Anne, Tom and the little people off to Amsterdam. We celebrated Jasper’s 5th Birthday (where did the time go?) with a Dinosaue Party and all walked the dinosaur, videos posted on FB. This week has flown! I travelled around again and have completed my 8 week Performance Review, not sure I’ve achieved all that much. Sydney is freezing and I need new pyjamas. Most importantly this week I am so happy that you are safe xo”
Ronan says, ” No I managed to comb it out
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Grace says, “Didn’t you comb your hair Ronan when you crossed the Atlantic??!!!! I didn’t and Miles didn’t but he had to have all his hair cut off because it was so filled with knots. We could NOT untangle it. Did your hair have to be cut off over?”