Back in Antigua
Here we are, somewhat unexpectedly, back in English Harbour, Antigua. The plan had been to go to Nevis and onwards this week but the weather forecast changed our minds. The winds are nothing unusual, but a hurricane force storm in the north Atlantic has generated some huge waves that are slowly rolling down towards us […]
Fishing!
We’ve had a bit of a ‘fish drought’ of late, fruitlessly towing the line behind us and reeling it back in again before we anchor. It’s been getting a bit tedious. Then I changed the lure. We’d bought a set of six lures, basically colourful bits of plastic hiding a vicious hook, and I’ve been […]
Issie turns six – part two
The main event of Issie’s birthday was a trip to the Guadeloupe animal park, a lovely set of gardens and forest where they breed and keep a nice collection of local wildlife, particularly the endangered species. We all enjoyed walking around, seeing parrots, monkeys, racoons, mongesse, turtles and tortioses, butterflies and birds. It was very […]
Issie turns six!
Here we are already, March the thirteenth is here and it’s another birthday for Issie. The years just fly by! Issie, of course, sees it differently and the days preceeding her birthday have taken a long time to pass, and asking ‘how many day’s is it to my birthday?’ every ten minutes hasn’t made it […]