Friday 29th
April 2016
Pete achieved a lot on his 70th birthday.
Firstly we got 2XS nicely splashed down into the water. SO nice to be level again, after many many
days on a slope…
And the boat looks beautiful, with its shiny new paint
job.
Pete had invited the workers (about twenty in all) in the
boatyard for drinks and lechon from
4-5. He paid their wages for this hour,
and provided beer, coke, and roast chickens.
(We always thought lechon meant pork but no, it just means roast. And the local roast chickens are indeed very
delicious.)
My contribution to the festivities was to take photos
of them all, and then print them out on the trusty little Canon selphy
printer.
We were tied up at the fuel pontoon, and expected the truck
to arrive between 1-2. It arrived, with splendid
timing, at EXACTLY 4pm, just as our guests were clambering aboard…
We invited just a few of our friends and neighbours
for drinks as well, and then Chris and Liz stayed on for Pete’s favourite birthday
meal – potatoes, beans and lamb chops. I
had gone to great length to find these chops (Swiss Deli) and they were extraordinarily
expe3nsvie. And…not very nice… Lamb
chops are never very nice, in my opinion, but these ones…well nobody thought they
were fabulous. But – at least I tried!
This morning we had our final rally briefing, with
naval security people present. And we
now have a new plan…But I won’t describe it on this blog; as my daughters say,
very sensibly, “Pirates can read, Mum!”
I will just write about where we are the day AFTER we have been there…
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| table decoration for tonight's gala dinner |
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