Well that is definitely a first for me! My first Christmas in the middle of the South Indian Ocean and the first in 18 years not with Chris... We had a lovely Christmas day – despite no wind we tried our best not to let it get the better of us. We opened pressies in the cockpit and had a good day all in all. I made lentil shepherd’s pie for dinner and as I said earlier, we had champagne sundowners. The highlight of my day was that I saw an Albatross, wow what a beautiful bird. Such grace and elegance. The cherry on the top was that I saw a turtle!!!! He was just swimming along minding his own business. It was just a fleeting glance, he seemed shy but shew, a lovely Christmas present.
I have written a little poem... Don’t laugh :)
The motion of the ocean is fascinating
it is always constant but ever changing
The Aqua blue swell rises and falls
but chops this way and that when we have squalls
Our course is East, well we try at least
The nights are cold - we keep warm in fleece
With little wind in our sails
our spirits are sometimes in our tails
The clouds at dawn have a golden lining
so at least the sun is still shining
The Albatross and Gulls visit daily
and a few other creature sights have kept us sanely
Onwards and forwards we continue our journey
our destination is far but will be worthy
With the rocking and rolling to and fro
perhaps to Adelaide we will go?
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Darling Leeky. u poet! Hre is 1 4 u
ReplyDeleteHo, ho, ho fucking ho
Onward to Hobart we must go
Bobbing+bobbing we r "sick en sat" of
Ahh but for winds we continue 2 pray
Ready for storms+swells we must brace
To Hobart we sail, tis there we will land
(check the beginning letter of each line)