Two weekends ago I was very lucky to be invited out on my friend Caroline's boat, well, actually her dad's boat to be all present and correct. Anyhoo, myself and Susanne were instructed to be at the wharf by 11.15am and so we were. Our friend Gavin (henceforth known as Gavla - though he has no idea why) was supposed to be there too but being the Gavla that he is he was still in bed when Susanne (henceforth known as SuBo) phoned to see what he was playing at. Down at the wharf SuBo and I were keeping a beady eye out for the sea faring vessel though we had no idea whether it was a sailboat or a motorboat, or a rowing boat for that matter. This ignorance led to SuBo waving at a couple of random boats before we distinguished Caroline heading towards us at full steam.
We were directed to our exact pick up point and then it was all aboard!! (Meanwhile, back in the city, Gavla was hotfooting it down to the wharf but only to miss the boat - sorry Gavla).
Our first port of call was to watch the sightseeing helicopters take off and then we pootled round the harbour in the Saturday sunshine. It was a wee bit rough so we didn't go too crazy but it was most enjoyable. I even got excited about wearing the life jacket (just because of the novelty factor). Our Health & Safety briefing was if someone falls in point and shout (more likely to be point and laugh to start off with though eh!). Thankfully noone did, but we had to hold on to SuBo on a couple of occasions - just a precautionary measure though you understand.
About halfway through our trip who should we spy but this lonely soul....
....how we laughed! (It's Gavla just to clarify).
Here you can see there were plenty of other boats out and about enjoying the good conditions.
We came back to port after and hour and after bidding farewell to skipper and co we headed off for a day of drinks and saunters.
finishing up on a bench on Cuba st very contented.
Hopefully we shall go sailing again, and maybe next time Gavla will make it.
2 comments:
You were sailing, saaaailing, over there! We did Karaoke the other night at the new place. Amazing!
Better than EC?? I cannot wait to try it out - warming up already : )
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