Saturday 17 June
Lovely Second Mate woke us all up with a telephone call at the ridiculously early hour of 0800 this morning – as if she’s ever usually surfaced by such a silly o’clock. Mate was happy to arrange a lift to the supermarket with her friend who lives on the Island – the main reason for coming here is for him to meet and admire me – of course. Meanwhile, Skipper took advantage of the peace and quiet to catch up on some of last night’s missed sleep, except he was constantly thwarted in this quest by interruptions from other boats around us.
Mate and her friend disappeared again after a late lunch, for a brief tour of the island and to recce somewhere suitable for a celebratory supper. Seemed a bit rude, to go out without me, when it was I that got them here in the first place…