No I'm not abandoning Horatio and Archie for Jack and Stephen, fine as they undoubtedly are :) I really am going to the far side of the world. Tomorrow I'm off to New Zealand for a fortnight to meet up with partner and daughter who are over visiting in laws. As partner knows that I am not hugely enthused by family gatherings he has been attempting to mollify me with promises of wine, rugby and tall ships. There will definitely be wine, there may be rugby, though there are only sevens on at the moment, but the tall ships are a bit far away, most of them are further north than where we will be. Having said that, we might take a turn up to the
Maritime Museum in Auckland. They have a lovely brigantine called Breeze, though I don't fancy a trip on the unfortunately named SS Puke!
Breeze brigantine
SS PukeIf anyone would like a postcard and I don't have your address, or you've moved (I'm looking at you
kittycallum!) PM me.
I will have some internet access while I'm away but I'm unlikely to have much chance to get online. So I shall be leaving my darling Navyboys in your capable hands, look after them till I get back! Lieutenants
mylodon,
nodbear and
esmerelda_t will be standing watch at
following_sea while I'm on shore leave. I fear the worst....