Back at Sea

It has now been a week since we escaped from our AMP port, it was nice to have a bit of a stand down and it was especially good to get on Skype and see the little ones.  However after the frustrating weeks over run it was good to get back to sea, well at least until we hit the tail end of a cyclone and got thrown around for a few days. The forecasts had been a little out so the weather was worse than expected. The first night the wires holding the bridge awning parted and spent the night banging against the bulkhead outside my cabin, keeping me awake all night. Thankfully the next morning I managed to grab hold of it and with some help we got it secured. I think the worse bit though was trying to work in the Ops room as my chair is adjustable but with the motion of the ship it felt like I was sitting on top of a pogo stick, which is fine if you want to bounce around but no good if you are trying to type at a keyboard.

 

I have achieved one of my aims for this trip and have managed to save up for a bicycle trailer for the little ones. I only got a cheep one for £70 pounds but it should do the job and doubles as a push chair.  Debbie has put it together and it sounds as if it is really light which is good. More importantly the little ones seem to like it which is good. I am really looking forward to taking it down the Tarka trail, it will be nice to be able to cycle to Instow and watch them play on the beach while we have a nice Ice cream. Instow is only about 10 miles away on the Tarka trail so should be able to do it in a hour easily. I suppose next year little Beth should be big enough to start riding a little bicycle with us, I am looking forward to teaching them how to ride.

 

Well now we are back at sea the work load has gone through the roof again, we seem to be swamped by emails and signals and they come in as fast as we can clear the ques, saying that though I am definitely on the downhill stretch though with two months left to go and a reasonable programme to keep me busy for the next two months.