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Time is certainly ticking by at the moment, we are already half way through July and my flight home is almost booked. It looks like I will finally escape around the 10th August. Although I have been out here for six months I don’t really have much of a tan, the pleasures of locking myself in an Ops Room for the majority of the time. It is going to feel strange going home after all this time but it will be nice.
The sands of time really do seem to disappear more quickly year by year. Elizabeth had her first report this week from the nursery she goes to once a week. It made really good reading and she seems to have settled in really well. It does seem strange getting her first report and I really can’t believe she will be three in September. I am so pleased that I will be home for her Birthday.
Well it is starting to feel like the end of term this end. We finished our tasking on the big exercise today and have been now left to our own devices as we head a separate way to the rest of the ship’s. It was nice being part of the task group and getting back to our core role. We were kept busy with lots of replenishments but in many ways I am pleased it is over I am one step closer to home.
I know the end is near as I have just finished writing my report. I must say I don’t really like these new performance report as it is never easy writing about ones self. I also doubt as to whether they are ever read as I know mine is eight pages long at present and that is before the Choff and Old Man put their comments on it. At least my bit is done so I can concentrate on my handover notes and getting things squared away for the hand over.
It will be good to get home and have some control over meals, the food is steadily going down hill as the food budget has been cut and the ship is in debt. There is even talk that we may loose the coffee boats in the future. I know times change and the government has to make savings but at the moment it all just seems take, take, take. Anyway once I am home I will relish being able to make fresh bread and pasta. I think I will have another go at making Ravioli, the pasta is the easy bit, I just need to make the inside bit less bland.
Well 24 days to go, not that I’m counting.
It has been a busy couple of weeks since I last wrote, time really does seem to fly by on here, I just hope that when I finally get home time slows down. At last I feel like I have broken the back of this trip as I am into my 5th month with less than a month to go. February seems so long ago now, it almost seems a life time away.
Well we got in the papers yet again, thankfully this time for something we did do, chasing pirates. It was an interesting period although the six hour watches were tiring. I know that these modern pirates are vicious buggers; you only have to read the reports of hostages being tortured. However until the nations of the world take proper action and until the companies stop paying the ransoms it is only going to get worse. Having operated in the 5m swells whilst chasing them it seems that not even the south west monsoon will stop them any more and I wouldn’t like to climb in and out of skiffs in these mountainous seas. I think what is more worrying is that with the current droughts hitting this part of the world more people will get driven into the piracy game as a way to feed themselves.
Anyway after our little chase we had a port visit, the visit was to be a brief stand down but once again things got messed up. When we arrived there had been delays in getting Dip Clear and so our arrival was delayed by a couple of days so we only got two nights alongside. Saying that it was a nice change to be alongside for a couple of nights. I didn’t bother going ashore as we were only allowed outside the gate until 1800 and there was no WiFi inside the port. At least by not going ashore I can save money for my leave.
Back at sea for the final stint this trip; it should be a busy couple of weeks with lots of replenishments which will definitely help the time go by quickly. It is all working out quite nicely as this first week will be busy and then things should quieten down so that in the last few weeks I will be able to write handover notes and my report.
It is going to be good to get home though, I just hope the weather is reasonable as I really want to take the little ones down the beach and see them running around. Now that we have a cycle trailer they will be able to come out on my bike rides, I just hope that they enjoy them as it will give me a chance to get fit whilst entertaining the little ones. The doggy will no doubt be happy about the trailer as it will slow me down so he won’t have to run so fast to keep up.
I think my plan to do a long distance bike ride this leave will have to be put on hold as by the time I get settled back at home the weather will have changed and anyway I will want to spend lots of time with the little ones when I get home. I may have a look at cycling to Dartmoor and spending one night wild camping as it is something I have said I have wanted to do for a few years but I keep putting it off. Depending on the weather and whether I can find a cheep big tent we may even take the little ones for there first camping trip as I know Debbie would enjoy it and it would be a good experience for the little ones. There is just so much I would like to do when I get home, I know there will be jobs around the house that need doing but hopefully when I get home we will all have a bit of a break for a week or so before cracking on.
Well not sure how many more times I will write my blog before I come home but I will try and write at least once a week. So until then I will enjoy what’s left of the sunshine and dream of cooler climbs.
