Finally, after a week of trying to find someone with whom to share a hire car I struck really lucky and found Wild Bird (Gayle and Time aka G&T) and Hogfish Maximus (Rachel and Chris). They’re longstanding cruising companions and agreed to take me along with them. We set off complete with two Patterdale terriers […]
This lady is employed by the bus company to transport folk on an ‘express service’ from Pointe à Pitre (south) to Anse Bertrand (north). And, express it certainly was in terms of speed - she drove like the wind even red lights were ignored (don’t worry, there’s nothing coming the other way she said!!) but, […]
Gwada certainly know how to party – it’s been non-stop carnival for a week culminating in Wednesday night’s amazing funeral pyre when the Carnival King, Valval, was raised to the ground as a signal that Lent had begun and all the partying and feasting had ended. We are now assured that all will be quiet […]
It’s all action here in ‘Gwada’! For Valentine’s we dressed for dinner on board with the cockpit decorated with hearts, lights and all things red but before we could capture the moment on film the heavens opened and we were forced down below. It was a lovely dinner but not quite the setting we’d planned! […]
My culinary skills have vastly improved over the last two weeks and I had every intention of producing a gastronomic feast for Claire’s return but fate intervened – the ‘fridge broke. Despite spending hours dismantling and reassembling the various components I couldn’t find anything out of place. I went ashore for expert advice, the long […]
I just don't understand how Claire does it: takes a bunch of ingredients, leftovers, veggy etc, throws it all in a pan and out comes a delicious supper. No chance with my efforts - "lardon fume eggy bread" .. .I didn't realise the bread should be dipped not soaked, nor that lardon fume was rubbery […]