Tuesday 21 January 2014

Xmas/New Year 2013

On a rare sunny day, this time of year, I was able to apply the vinyl name lettering we had bought from Ebay (valdasvinyls) with excellent results. The hardest part was finding the same font as the name on the stern. It turned out to be 'DALEK' font. Yes! From Dr. Who. I like that it looks Grecian and the letter E is like an arrow which fits in well with 'Artemis' being the Greek Demi God of hunting.

We were invited onboard 'Erminig' by Brigitte and Eric for Xmas dinner. We had a great time. The Ostritch steaks were beautiful. 
We took 'round Xmas crackers that we found in the Irish shop whilst buying some decent tea bags. 
Alison and I
Eric and Brigitte
Jack
They in turn visited us on 'Artemis' on New Years Eve. I made a turkey curry that gave Eric a right sweat on. Well, he said he liked hot and spicy!
We saw the New Year in with blasts of horn and some use of the tannoy. 

We have also socialised with Laurent, Cecile and their lovely daughters Charlene and Toscan. They live on a stylish looking catarmaran nearby. 

The girls seem to like Alison. She knows how to play. 
We seem to have been ever so popular. 'Enjoy it, it won't last' I told Alison. We ate the 'Gallette du Rois' ( cake of the King ) twice in one day. I got the porcelain favour and crown the first time and Alison the second. Set up?
We also enjoyed watching the Xmas nativity animation, the boys on 'Tarquilla'
had produced as part of their onboard school work. 
Another small job was to stitch buckles onto the webbing straps that hold the holding tank in place. As when it was fitted we couldn't source any and the webbing was tied in a knot. 
A job for Alison I thought. She never stopped moaning and I had to hold a torch the whole time 'cos there wasn't enough light. Pah!
Looks much better and more secure now. 




















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