Asgard II
It was an awesome trip starting off in Antwerp, visiting Bruge, Weymouth, Dartmouth and finishing in Falmouth.
The flight out was from London city airport, and had some really good views over London, and once you had checked your bags in, you could sit outside by the docks, getting some fresh air. It was a great change from the hastle of Heathrow
In the evening went and found the festivities, and caught up with an old crew member, and had some free food:-)
The next day I had a wander around town, and saw they had a sewer tour, but it was fully booked for the day. Later on I met up with the new crew, and on our first night out we discover that the red light district was right next to where the boat was moored. It was quite bizarre as it had a urinal in the middle. We found a great pub, which had really cheap beer, and a huge variety of glasses, some of them came out of the freezer and had frost on them. Two of the crew, Helen and Nessa got completely drunk on a bottle of wine and three of us had to walk them back to the boat. To the bemusement of the passerbys.
The rest of the sailing was great fun, climbing the riggings, eating lots of really good food, swinging in a hammock. The first night was quite exciting as for our first four hour nigth shift(12-4), only two of us were allowed to helm, and it was quite tough going.
It was quite interesting, as I felt it wasn't as much of a holiday when we reached the English coastline, but for the rest of the crew, they were off buying all sorts of touristy things, the biggest was a remote control car!!!. We ended up with some pirate gear, some green hair spray, and some soothers!
The night night was good fun, and had a night out on the town, and were given lots of free Guiness gear from one pub.
The flight out was from London city airport, and had some really good views over London, and once you had checked your bags in, you could sit outside by the docks, getting some fresh air. It was a great change from the hastle of Heathrow
In the evening went and found the festivities, and caught up with an old crew member, and had some free food:-)
The next day I had a wander around town, and saw they had a sewer tour, but it was fully booked for the day. Later on I met up with the new crew, and on our first night out we discover that the red light district was right next to where the boat was moored. It was quite bizarre as it had a urinal in the middle. We found a great pub, which had really cheap beer, and a huge variety of glasses, some of them came out of the freezer and had frost on them. Two of the crew, Helen and Nessa got completely drunk on a bottle of wine and three of us had to walk them back to the boat. To the bemusement of the passerbys.
The rest of the sailing was great fun, climbing the riggings, eating lots of really good food, swinging in a hammock. The first night was quite exciting as for our first four hour nigth shift(12-4), only two of us were allowed to helm, and it was quite tough going.
It was quite interesting, as I felt it wasn't as much of a holiday when we reached the English coastline, but for the rest of the crew, they were off buying all sorts of touristy things, the biggest was a remote control car!!!. We ended up with some pirate gear, some green hair spray, and some soothers!
The night night was good fun, and had a night out on the town, and were given lots of free Guiness gear from one pub.
posted by Peter at 4:57 pm
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