The morning after the night of excitement arriving it was bright blue skies, but the first job was to check on the crew, Will and Tom. We had last seen Tom at about 2am when we had found him staggering around, totally wrecked in town. We had taken him back to the boat but he then took off again to try and find Will, who was still in town somewhere. No worries tho', they were both snoring away in the berths. Things very slowly came to life. Breakfast was lots of black coffee, then we fuelled the boat before putting her on a pontoon in the marina.
Susan was suffering from a badly bruised elbow and jarred shoulder after slipping on the pontoon the night before. She wasn't drunk, honestly. She was just to busy worrying about Tom and down she went, OUCH !!.
Rebecca and the family arrived and it was all cooee cooee again. We all lunched together then we went back to clean the boat and Will did an engine service. We all went through this painstakingly slowly as it will be us doing it next time. We had dinner in town with Rebecca and co then as they were about to go back to their apartment the Two Amigos, Will and Tom rang us to meet up for more drinks. We had a few cocktails then back to the boat. When we got there it was like wishy-washies laundry. They had done their washing and it was strung everywhere around the boat on some spare rope. At 530am next day they were both up and away for the train to the airport. This was the end of the trip for them. It was great to meet them both. They didn't know each other before this trip, just as we did not know either of them but it would be nice if we keep in touch. They are both incredibly good sailors and we would not have wanted to do the trip without them. I think it would have put us of for life. We both learnt so much from them on the trip that will stand us in good stead for the future. It was an amazing experience but hopefully there is a lot more to come. We are now totally on our own, so its up to us. We had a relaxing rest of the week with the family which was great then there was more tears as we waved them off on Thursday. It was strange being in a foreign country waving goodbye, only it was you that was staying there.
Back to the boat. We wanted a job done on the boarding ladder then required a bit of steelwork, not a big mind. Sopramar, who are the marine contracters in Lagos promised to send someone, then when they did not come I rang and they said he is on his way. Needless to say-no show. Next day I went to see them " he will be there in 1 hour". You guessed, no show. I gave up. Bloody annoying tho' cos we won't have time in other places to get it done. By the way if any readers are in Lagos in the future and fancy a Thai meal, go to Lemon Grass restaurant. Its where all the locals go, down a sidestreet ( ?? ) and it is excellent.
Next stop Villmoura.
Susan was suffering from a badly bruised elbow and jarred shoulder after slipping on the pontoon the night before. She wasn't drunk, honestly. She was just to busy worrying about Tom and down she went, OUCH !!.
Rebecca and the family arrived and it was all cooee cooee again. We all lunched together then we went back to clean the boat and Will did an engine service. We all went through this painstakingly slowly as it will be us doing it next time. We had dinner in town with Rebecca and co then as they were about to go back to their apartment the Two Amigos, Will and Tom rang us to meet up for more drinks. We had a few cocktails then back to the boat. When we got there it was like wishy-washies laundry. They had done their washing and it was strung everywhere around the boat on some spare rope. At 530am next day they were both up and away for the train to the airport. This was the end of the trip for them. It was great to meet them both. They didn't know each other before this trip, just as we did not know either of them but it would be nice if we keep in touch. They are both incredibly good sailors and we would not have wanted to do the trip without them. I think it would have put us of for life. We both learnt so much from them on the trip that will stand us in good stead for the future. It was an amazing experience but hopefully there is a lot more to come. We are now totally on our own, so its up to us. We had a relaxing rest of the week with the family which was great then there was more tears as we waved them off on Thursday. It was strange being in a foreign country waving goodbye, only it was you that was staying there.
Back to the boat. We wanted a job done on the boarding ladder then required a bit of steelwork, not a big mind. Sopramar, who are the marine contracters in Lagos promised to send someone, then when they did not come I rang and they said he is on his way. Needless to say-no show. Next day I went to see them " he will be there in 1 hour". You guessed, no show. I gave up. Bloody annoying tho' cos we won't have time in other places to get it done. By the way if any readers are in Lagos in the future and fancy a Thai meal, go to Lemon Grass restaurant. Its where all the locals go, down a sidestreet ( ?? ) and it is excellent.
Next stop Villmoura.
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