Friday, May 16. 2008
More adventures aboard Promenade!
My guests are certainly looking a lot more bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning! Although they did have some adventures yesterday, they just had to have a nap after them all!! They made it to the Bubbly pools on Jost or The Devils Gullet as Rich likes to describe it! They had there reservations about it, even when they got there
Here they have just arrived and are wondering what all the fuss is about!
Still not convinced......
After this picture, most of them rolled up on the beach, arms and legs every where! A guy who was there with a different group managed to loose his wedding ring and he only got married last week! Bet he was in trouble! So the boys loved the Bubbly pools, our activities get ranked by them out of 10, this got an 8, not bad!
There was also some wild life on the way back, Rich saw a mongoose, but no picture, it is the first one he has ever seen and a cute little goat
Heres Troy in action, look at the size of the swells behind him!
After all that we had lunch, took the boys to White bay and they were out for the count all afternoon, some managed to make it into the power lounger, some made no pretense about what they were doing and went to bed!
It was a very sedate cocktail hour, followed by an hour ashore at Foxys, they figured if they didn't go now, they were never going to make it after dinner! The night was complete with a movie!
Here they have just arrived and are wondering what all the fuss is about!
Still not convinced......
After this picture, most of them rolled up on the beach, arms and legs every where! A guy who was there with a different group managed to loose his wedding ring and he only got married last week! Bet he was in trouble! So the boys loved the Bubbly pools, our activities get ranked by them out of 10, this got an 8, not bad!
There was also some wild life on the way back, Rich saw a mongoose, but no picture, it is the first one he has ever seen and a cute little goat
Heres Troy in action, look at the size of the swells behind him!
After all that we had lunch, took the boys to White bay and they were out for the count all afternoon, some managed to make it into the power lounger, some made no pretense about what they were doing and went to bed!
It was a very sedate cocktail hour, followed by an hour ashore at Foxys, they figured if they didn't go now, they were never going to make it after dinner! The night was complete with a movie!
Thursday, May 15. 2008
Good bye to the Bingo Bus and almost good bye to Michael Beans!
Yes, we sadly said good bye to our Bingo Bus. It came in really handy but it was time for it to make its way back to Leverick Bay Water Sports! We enjoyed it very much though. Too much. We could get used to it! The guys went out for one last fishing expedition in it...
And came home with the largest sole needle fish I have ever seen in my life! That was all. Catch and release, except for he was bait.
This is Lisa with all the boys off the boat with our iced coffee and brie!
And these were our cow ice cream bowls that Lisa has managed to dig out of the deep corners of the cupboards since i was around! Cute though and great ice cream with all kinds of goodies in it!
Now, I have not looked at the blog today, but I imagine Lisa has blogged about our trip to Michael Beans last night. Afterwards I will compare with what i said to what she said! Michael Bean is about done for the season, he finishes up here on May 22nd. He has decided to "prostitute" himself for music. His words, not mine! In other words, play for whoever wants to pay him enough. He is playing some big names this off season, the Cork Regatta, somewhere at some regatta in Dubai... and on.
Bazza had spent the afternoon in town, while Lisa took most of the boys on their diving excursion. Off we boldly went to Michael Beans, men in tow, only to find a lot more men in there as well! It was an interesting evening, lets put it that way. I think our guests mission was to get the crew drunk! I will let you judge on how successful they were. Just let me say that it was a good thing that there was other people to drive the dinghy!
They kept on buying rounds of painkiller shots, which they thought were a great deal as they were allowed to keep the glasses. I am not sure what Lou Lou thought of this whole idea though looking at her face.
Then for some reason they thought that she needed many more beers to go along with it. She was collecting them left and right!
About that time Bazza called needing a lift from Beef Island so I took that opportunity to go pick him up! Smarter then the average bear I am some days and left them to it!
This was the sunset going across..
Then we went back to the boat and cleaned up and started dinner until we were hailed to come pick up the troops. Lisa apoligizing that she tried to keep them in line, without much success! I see they all had half their clothes off and do rags on their heads!
This was the after dinner picture, there seemed to be a lot of testoterone going around the boat and some of us took the opportunity to sneak off to bed!
I made Lisa joke this morning that it was a fishing day and we were going to go out in the swells to sit in the slop to fish! Some did not think that this was such a good idea, and we had them believing it! As we left they were going for a snorkel...
Took this picture when we arrived at Beef Island. I have written about this horrible site of a garbage dump before, and I really think before we do things like extend cruise ship docks so we can get more people on this island, we should clean up some of these eye sores! I could be wrong, but a lot of this looks like industrial trash from maybe nearby developments that have just been dumped?
And came home with the largest sole needle fish I have ever seen in my life! That was all. Catch and release, except for he was bait.
This is Lisa with all the boys off the boat with our iced coffee and brie!
And these were our cow ice cream bowls that Lisa has managed to dig out of the deep corners of the cupboards since i was around! Cute though and great ice cream with all kinds of goodies in it!
Now, I have not looked at the blog today, but I imagine Lisa has blogged about our trip to Michael Beans last night. Afterwards I will compare with what i said to what she said! Michael Bean is about done for the season, he finishes up here on May 22nd. He has decided to "prostitute" himself for music. His words, not mine! In other words, play for whoever wants to pay him enough. He is playing some big names this off season, the Cork Regatta, somewhere at some regatta in Dubai... and on.
Bazza had spent the afternoon in town, while Lisa took most of the boys on their diving excursion. Off we boldly went to Michael Beans, men in tow, only to find a lot more men in there as well! It was an interesting evening, lets put it that way. I think our guests mission was to get the crew drunk! I will let you judge on how successful they were. Just let me say that it was a good thing that there was other people to drive the dinghy!
They kept on buying rounds of painkiller shots, which they thought were a great deal as they were allowed to keep the glasses. I am not sure what Lou Lou thought of this whole idea though looking at her face.
Then for some reason they thought that she needed many more beers to go along with it. She was collecting them left and right!
About that time Bazza called needing a lift from Beef Island so I took that opportunity to go pick him up! Smarter then the average bear I am some days and left them to it!
This was the sunset going across..
Then we went back to the boat and cleaned up and started dinner until we were hailed to come pick up the troops. Lisa apoligizing that she tried to keep them in line, without much success! I see they all had half their clothes off and do rags on their heads!
This was the after dinner picture, there seemed to be a lot of testoterone going around the boat and some of us took the opportunity to sneak off to bed!
I made Lisa joke this morning that it was a fishing day and we were going to go out in the swells to sit in the slop to fish! Some did not think that this was such a good idea, and we had them believing it! As we left they were going for a snorkel...
Took this picture when we arrived at Beef Island. I have written about this horrible site of a garbage dump before, and I really think before we do things like extend cruise ship docks so we can get more people on this island, we should clean up some of these eye sores! I could be wrong, but a lot of this looks like industrial trash from maybe nearby developments that have just been dumped?
Particularly for my golfing friends!
This is particularly for my old folks at St Mary's. All keen golfers!
Found this picture along with the "caption this" and immediately thought of you all.
Link to original article
"I knew I should have used the 7 iron instead of the 9!!"
"Well, the last thing I remember was the fish finder saying this was a sandy bottom and the GPS said everything was in the green............"
"No, no, no. I said turn at the red marker, not the red FLAG!"
+Look, either go boating or go play golf....You cant do both..."
"New game called bolfing..."
"It's a peach Hon! How about my new golf cart?"
"Bob arrives late for his tee time......"
" Our propellers even bite in sand".
"Mind if I play through?"
"FFFFFOOOOOOUUUUURRRRRR!!!!!"
"Funny, the article mentions the boat owner apparently jumped off the boat when another boat's wake changed his course. Is this normal boat operating procedure in Scotland? I suspect a single(or more!) malt may have been involved there somewhere."
We are at apartment units at Village Cay for the next few days for Boat show! Who knows what will happen...We stepped of Promenade this morning, but i still have a blog entry to get up after this!
Found this picture along with the "caption this" and immediately thought of you all.
Link to original article
"I knew I should have used the 7 iron instead of the 9!!"
"Well, the last thing I remember was the fish finder saying this was a sandy bottom and the GPS said everything was in the green............"
"No, no, no. I said turn at the red marker, not the red FLAG!"
+Look, either go boating or go play golf....You cant do both..."
"New game called bolfing..."
"It's a peach Hon! How about my new golf cart?"
"Bob arrives late for his tee time......"
" Our propellers even bite in sand".
"Mind if I play through?"
"FFFFFOOOOOOUUUUURRRRRR!!!!!"
"Funny, the article mentions the boat owner apparently jumped off the boat when another boat's wake changed his course. Is this normal boat operating procedure in Scotland? I suspect a single(or more!) malt may have been involved there somewhere."
We are at apartment units at Village Cay for the next few days for Boat show! Who knows what will happen...We stepped of Promenade this morning, but i still have a blog entry to get up after this!
A night at Michael Beans
So it was off to Michael Beans for cocktail hour last night!
Here we all are!
It started with a beer, then a few shots
It was a full crew participation night, it will probably be the last time we see him play this season!
Not our best look! Our boys got into the pirate theme of the night and we think this is the best pirate face we have ever seen!
Barry was happy once he was allowed to take his shirt off, he was hot! I think he looked like the Fonz in this picture
Our boys like to be helpful while they are there, heres B happily refilling all the shots of rum!
Our men brought their baseball caps with them from their company, we got Mr Beans to wear one!
It was a good, noisy night, that finished with a dive competition off the back of the boat! Every one felt a little less energised this morning and there has been a lot of napping!
Here we all are!
It started with a beer, then a few shots
It was a full crew participation night, it will probably be the last time we see him play this season!
Not our best look! Our boys got into the pirate theme of the night and we think this is the best pirate face we have ever seen!
Barry was happy once he was allowed to take his shirt off, he was hot! I think he looked like the Fonz in this picture
Our boys like to be helpful while they are there, heres B happily refilling all the shots of rum!
Our men brought their baseball caps with them from their company, we got Mr Beans to wear one!
It was a good, noisy night, that finished with a dive competition off the back of the boat! Every one felt a little less energised this morning and there has been a lot of napping!
Wednesday, May 14. 2008
Today we went diving!
Last night the boys went off at sunset for a final fish in the Bingo Bus, we watched a beautiful sunset while we waited for their return
The boys caught some more barracudas
Some of the boys got a bit too much sun and had a helpful friend to apply some aloe!
I had to look at this picture for a while to figure out who it was, I have never seen Bazza in a baseball cap!
I over fed them at dinner last night, apparently they didn't even have a space for whisky! so it was a quiet night for them!
This morning, every one had digested the many pounds of ribs from last night and were ready to go again! After a quick shop at Bitter end and Saba, we headed to Mountain Point for a resort dive for some of the boys, they all did a fantastic job, here they are in action
Heres a cute cleaner shrimp we found along the way!
We then got the boys to assist with the sailing on the way over to Marina Cay and Michael Beans is calling for Happy Arrrrr!
The boys caught some more barracudas
Some of the boys got a bit too much sun and had a helpful friend to apply some aloe!
I had to look at this picture for a while to figure out who it was, I have never seen Bazza in a baseball cap!
I over fed them at dinner last night, apparently they didn't even have a space for whisky! so it was a quiet night for them!
This morning, every one had digested the many pounds of ribs from last night and were ready to go again! After a quick shop at Bitter end and Saba, we headed to Mountain Point for a resort dive for some of the boys, they all did a fantastic job, here they are in action
Heres a cute cleaner shrimp we found along the way!
We then got the boys to assist with the sailing on the way over to Marina Cay and Michael Beans is calling for Happy Arrrrr!
Tuesday, May 13. 2008
It mostly involved fish!
We have had a busy day today and all activities, apart from napping, kind of involved fish! After breakfast our boys got out there matching snorkel sets, they all went shopping together for them apparently, as they all have the same, just in different colors! Off they went with Richie to explore Muskmelon Bay. Here they are in action
It was a pretty good snorkel too, they saw hundreds of silversides
A school of palamentos
A little lady sting ray
and a jelly fish!
Then the action continued with a fishing trip in the Bingo Bus! Its the last day we have it today so we have to make the most of it!
They were quite successful, they caught this huge needle nose
and a barracuda, just for a change!
We sent B along on the Bus to learn some fishing stuff from Bazza while he is here, so me and Kerry got the boat all to our selves for an hour or so, we headed off towards the Baths, with an ice coffee in one hand and a lump of Brie in the other, it was very civilized!
The boys caught up with us at the Baths, but after lunch decided a nap sounded more appealing than a walk around, so we sailed and they all napped! Apparently enough to give them the energy for a sunset fishing trip! Instead of the bottle of vodka this week it is whisky!
It was a pretty good snorkel too, they saw hundreds of silversides
A school of palamentos
A little lady sting ray
and a jelly fish!
Then the action continued with a fishing trip in the Bingo Bus! Its the last day we have it today so we have to make the most of it!
They were quite successful, they caught this huge needle nose
and a barracuda, just for a change!
We sent B along on the Bus to learn some fishing stuff from Bazza while he is here, so me and Kerry got the boat all to our selves for an hour or so, we headed off towards the Baths, with an ice coffee in one hand and a lump of Brie in the other, it was very civilized!
The boys caught up with us at the Baths, but after lunch decided a nap sounded more appealing than a walk around, so we sailed and they all napped! Apparently enough to give them the energy for a sunset fishing trip! Instead of the bottle of vodka this week it is whisky!
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