Feb. 3, 2008 - Guadeloupe - continued

Having had a good rest in the marina we went off to look for pastures new.  We bumped into another Brit boat who told us of a nearby anchorage that wasn‘t in the pilot guides (many thanks chaps).  Leaving the marina in a crosswind proved fun and to cut an embarrassing story very short we found out that the prop line cutter works quite well especially when you’ve fouled your neighbours bow line.  What I couldn’t understand when I put on the snorkel and dived the prop was the other lines also round the shaft – must be all these perishing fishing floats all marked with old Castrol GTX cans. Any way the anchorage was everything we were told and we spent several days doing absolutely nothing – apart from getting a bit sunburnt when I spent some time trying out our new hammock.

A quick trip then down the Saintes, a rather beautiful group of small Islands at the bottom of Guadeloupe was next on the agenda.  As of writing, the weather hasn’t been too good for the last few days (relatively speaking), but is due to perk up this week and Fi has all sorts of plans of climbing to the top of the main Island,  I shall scotch these plans by going to a restaurant for a long lunch and I strongly suspect that her resolve will waver.  We plan to stay for another few days, do a bit of diving, chill a bit more and then of to Dominica. (probably to chill even more!!!)