22 November It's not all work

In the last post I listed the myriad of jobs and upgrades we were doing, but our life isn't all work. In the last three weeks we've been having great days and nights out with friends.

Up in the hills above town there is Matt, an Italian who creates authentic pizzas in a wood fired oven. He's only open three nights a week. You sit in his garden, bring your own drinks and fend off his friendly dogs looking for an easy meal. Our Italian friends Federico and Anita led our party which included Del of Dignity and Camille of Detox.

Del, Dave, Anita, Camille & Federico

When we got back to the marina we were met on the dock by a joyous Polly. She was so pleased to see us she had to roll on her back for a tummy rub. The problem was she was so giddy she forgot where the edge of the dock was and rolled into the water! Splosh!

Fortunately she's an excellent swimmer, knew where she was (clever cat) and swam to the corner of the dock where there are pipes and cables running underneath and was able to use these to make a very swift exit. She didn't like the swim and she didn't like the fresh water shower she needed to have in the cockpit given the yowling she was doing.

Cats and water seem to go together here at Port Louis.  After my (almost) daily swim in the pool I'm occasionally joined by the resident cats Bob and newcomer JJ.

Bob

JJ

Another day out with Del, Fred and Anita was sailing on Del's catamaran Dignity. We sailed back and forth across the bay, dropped the anchor in Dragon Bay and went snorkelling on the underwater sculpture park. It wasn't the best day for a snorkel because the visibility was poor. Everything else was wonderful.

on Dignity for the day

It wouldn't be boat life if we didn't have some boat jobs. One was making a new anchor snubber. The other was to follow up on our order for house batteries.

The saga continues...our initial order at Budget Marine and 50% payment was put in on 30 September. On 27 October we received a text to say they had arrived and went to collect only to find they were Trojans but not our Trojans. They'd forgotten to put in the order in September. We were not happy and even less happy when we were given new estimated ship date of 24 November.

I have three friends, besties Louise, Helen and Derek due to arrive from the UK for a holiday tomorrow and very much looking forward to seeing them.