Well, what a lovely time we’ve had!!
We decided to stay here for Christmas (and now New Year too) as Nicky & David (Baloo) are here as well as 2 French boats and a new German boat. We have been hearing tales of the “Christmas Storms” around Trinidad and we would not necessarily have met up with any English-speaking yotties there.
Also, David, the marina owner, bought a BBQ recently and has been arranging parties to use it for yotties and some local friends.
Saturday before Christmas, it was christened with a bit of a party as Remy & Madeline left to go home for Christmas so we had our Secret Santa/Lucky Dip that night. It was good fun, with lights and music etc but stupidly I didn’t take any pictures - DOH. But here’s one of the lights on Moontide!!!
We decided to stay here for Christmas (and now New Year too) as Nicky & David (Baloo) are here as well as 2 French boats and a new German boat. We have been hearing tales of the “Christmas Storms” around Trinidad and we would not necessarily have met up with any English-speaking yotties there.
Also, David, the marina owner, bought a BBQ recently and has been arranging parties to use it for yotties and some local friends.
Saturday before Christmas, it was christened with a bit of a party as Remy & Madeline left to go home for Christmas so we had our Secret Santa/Lucky Dip that night. It was good fun, with lights and music etc but stupidly I didn’t take any pictures - DOH. But here’s one of the lights on Moontide!!!
Another one was arranged for Christmas Eve BBQ and again was great fun and this time I DID take a few pictures but for some reason not many of the folk there!!!
We had decided with Nicky and David to have a joint Christmas dinner with maybe some cards etc and although their boat is bigger and really better for entertaining, we find it a bit tricky to get on and off (especially after a few drinks!!) so it’s easier for them to come to Moontide.
Christmas Day started off with a beautiful sunny morning and as David had decided to open the bar we had planned to go across to wish everyone HAPPY CHRISTMAS but just as we were about to leave, it blew up a bit so in fact we did not go. We would have got fairly wet and did not want to have loads of wet clothes hanging around in the afternoon in case it rained and we had to move inside – there’s not that much room anyway and with damp clothes hanging around……………..
Nicky and David came across around 2.00pm and we started up our Cobb BBQ a bit later. Chris had prepared some potatoes for roasting and a load of veg and once the Cobb was going well, on went some meat and we had a BBQ/Roast dinner!!
Nicky had made a bread & butter pudding for afters which was delicious – a real taste of home!
Mmmmmmmm
As always we found loads to chat about we did not in fact play any games! Nicky and David left around 8.00 and we watched a couple of films before settling down ourselves!
Again no photos I’m afraid!
Nicky had made a bread & butter pudding for afters which was delicious – a real taste of home!
Mmmmmmmm
As always we found loads to chat about we did not in fact play any games! Nicky and David left around 8.00 and we watched a couple of films before settling down ourselves!
Again no photos I’m afraid!
Boxing Day again was pretty bumpy out so we stayed in reading etc until the pm when N & D popped over with their hard drive and we swapped a load of films and books!
Since then it’s back to normal for a few days but with another BBQ on New Year’s Eve. We will probably go over for a while but we’re not sure that we will stay until midnight though!!
I had meant to post an entry before Christmas but ran out of charge at the crucial time so I do hope you all had a great time and I’ll take this opportunity to wish everyone a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
Since then it’s back to normal for a few days but with another BBQ on New Year’s Eve. We will probably go over for a while but we’re not sure that we will stay until midnight though!!
I had meant to post an entry before Christmas but ran out of charge at the crucial time so I do hope you all had a great time and I’ll take this opportunity to wish everyone a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR