31 Jul 2007 4:58 PM:
Hello all. have you missed me/us. I have a surprise for you all. I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I had a surprise for Tiddler and that is why we have both been absent for a while. My surprise was that a friend had sailed his boat across to Marbella from Sardinia and had invited me (and a friend) to join the crew for a fortnights working holiday. He had a charter here down along the Costas and Morrocco and was a couple of deckhands short of a full set. I have spent some time knocking around on boats as has Tiddler (one of the many things we have in common) and as we both felt that we needed some time to get to know one another without other distractions it seemed as good an idea as any. Marbella can be such a superficial place and the opportunity for us to spend time together in a totally different environment seemed too good an opportunity to pass up.
It was quite hard work persuading my boss to let me have the time off but I assure you all that it was well worth the effort. The hard work that we had to do on the boat as well has left us very tired but certainly our relationship was cemented while we were at sea. It was sometimes quite hard to be romantic in those conditions but we managed to sneak some very enjoyable moments when time and watches permitted. There is a particular lifeboat that could tell a take or two and I think his back has taken a bit of a hammering! It was great to be out there at one with nature, with the spray in our faces and the wind in our hair. I think we ended the cruise a little smelly and we have both eaten enough fish to last a lifetime, but certainly our tans have improved and our relationship has certainly been steered into very calm waters. There were a few stormy nights but a weather breeze has kept us on the right course.
No doubt Tiddler will be on in due course to fill in some of the blanks and I will be back as well but for those of you that have missed us I hope this brief update will suffice for the time being.
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