Monday 27^th February

The World cruiseship is in Hobart.  120 residents amazed at Tropical Hobart!

2XS is in Batemans Bay, tied up to a non-resident marina.  Pete and Steve are not impressed – the posts on their pontoon are painted with creosote and they are very smelly.  Pete and Steve, on the other hand, are not smelly at all – they have had lovely hot showers in a not-very-fantastic ablutions block.

Tomorrow they expect to be in Bermagui for a couple of nights – this will be great, Bermagui is a lovely little town.  No doubt I will find out, one way or the other – Skype, phone, email – so I can tell you what they ate and drank, whether anyone was sea-sick, and whether their hats are still with them.

In Hobart – no babygirl – yet…

(By the way, my mother has, by email, resolved the issue re Ken dolls- OF COURSE Eva didn’t love Ken and Aladdin!  They are such obnoxious representatives of the male race all stiff, smug.....no prince charmings!  Jemima, four next month, cast a very scathing eye over Ken and Aladdin when she came to visit today and left them, sitting stiffly on a wooden box, and went off to play mermaids and princesses in a much more beautiful world.)