A Coruna!

Well hello again there!

How do you say goodbye to all the people you have loved and have helped you so far along the way? How can one ever find the words to express the gratitude and thanks for putting up with my crap for so long?!

Well…. Cheers and see ya around! hehehe

Back in sunny Spain! 50hours in car/ferry/santander/coach and now back on lista! Ferry was the best bit. There was an old woman having sleeping orgasms all nightlong! Quite a sound to fall asleep to! This whole not flying thing is gonna take a whilst!

Today has basically involved riding a bike around town with Clare and a propane gas canister in a trolley on the back and being repeatedly told that it can’t be filled up. So, despite our best efforts and many near explosive experiences, there is a distinct possibility that the tea supply may falter!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

As for plans… Morocco is on the cards for sure! Bit of work to do on the boat 1^st (varnishing, fixing, wiring etc) then hopping down the Spanish/Portuguese for a few weeks! That and waiting for an appropriate wind to fly us round finisterre!

Can’t wait to get back out to the sea!!! TO THE SEA!!!!!!!!!

Off we go! (nearly)

Here we are then. One more night shift to go! Saying good-bye to people sucks. Don't worry though, as the governator always says, "I’ll be back"!!!!!!!!! Eventually.

Cheers to all who made it to the pirate party! Great fun. What the hell was in that punch!? I put it all in there and I’m not even sure! (One thing that stands out in my mind was a bottle of clear spirit with an unreadable label, bar the word "KORN" in large, green letters. Dangerous stuff)
To all those I didn't see before going... see ya around!

Brief outline of what we'll call for the want of a better word the "plan".
- Find boat. Check. Lista light, check her out at www.listalight.co.uk. (Sailed her down to A Coruna northwest Spain last month. Too amazing for words. A couple of highlights -
The crew. Captain Dave (sir!), Kat his wife and ornithological expert, Clare a right salty old sea dog and Dave's parents (now sadly returned to blighty!) There will be plenty to say about them in the future but for now it may suffice to say they rock. Hard!Recovering from seasickness. 1 hour hoping i didn't die. 6 hours praying i could die so that it would stop. Many hours sleeping and recovering. Then... VICTORY! Fingers crossed...
The Whale. Being woken by screams on deck was a negative experience (many thoughts pass though your head. All bad, potentially deadly). Run up to blearily see a Sei Whale skimming the surface! Insane. Smelly.
10hrs of thunder and lightning and on the final approach to Spain. Storms all round. All night. Stockhausen , Kontakte on the headphones. Mind-blowing.)

(Is it right to have brackets that long?)
- Say good-bye to sunny England. Sunday!?
- Caribbean by Christmas? Via Spain, Portugal, ?Morocco, Canaries, Cape Verde, Atlantic.
- Central America. Things start to get a little hazy here... Venezuela to Mexico and back to Panama by land and sea? Panama by May?
- Pacific Islands. Yes. Oh yes.
- New Zealand. Around a year from now? Maybe do some nursing? (Cash flow problems anticipated about now)
- Indonesia
- South East Asia
- Asia
- Trans-Siberian railway home!

Timings all quite vague. Guess it'll take a couple years. Maybe more... To be honest the whole thing after the Caribbean is little more than guesswork. After new Zealand basically anything can happen. Probably safest to quote the village people and simple say "Go West!" (Cheers for the compass Bobby!)

So there you have it. Will try to keep you informed as long as I’m aware of what’s going on myself!

Much love and thanks for all the help along the years!
Couldn't have done it without ya! Except you Ed. Nothing but trouble.