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Christmas Day on
board Blue Marine. Five boatloads in all and each brought a course
or something. From left Chris (brought the beer) of Colonel's Lady,
Lenny (Windancer) behind him, Jeremy, Sue (Windancer) and Drury (Allways
Sunday). |
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Windancer's guests
puzzle out these strange European crackery things which we were
amazed to find are little known in the States. |
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For Boxing Day I
suggested a dinghy trip up a nearby river which turned out to be
fun. All our Christmas Day gang went plus some other friends I
persuaded to join us. We had a lovely picnic under the shade
of overhanging trees and later swam in a quiet bay. In the shot are
Todd and Lynn from Blue Marine with Zinganeers and Allways Sundayers
behind. |
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The French stage
great fireworks and the night before New Year's Eve a waterside
spectacle was put on in Fort de France. We were anchored across the
bay but moved Zingano over with a bunch of friends for dinner and
ringside seats. |
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Drury and Jennifer
having a posing moment (again!) as we pass Allways Sunday (again!)
en route to St. Pierre for New Year's Eve. |
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St. Pierre was the
capital of Martinique until destroyed by earthquake in 1910. The
capital moved to Fort de France and St. Pierre has languished ever
since - a bizarre half-ruined but still living town. |
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Jeremy, Todd and
Drury in the old theatre ruins |
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Jeremy in the
window of an old ruin |
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Jeremy with a
young ruin |
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A bunch of ruins tired after a hot walk around town. Drury, Jenifer, Leonie,
Jeremy, Annie Oakley, Lynn and Jamie. |
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For New Year's Eve
we played Mexican Train dominoes (even I joined in after a while!).
We had a course between each round so ended up with a sumptuous meal
of about nine courses. |
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Blue Marine's dog,
Annie Oakely, seemed keen to take part. |
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And so the sun sets on another great
year's cruising.... |
