I spent 10 days in the UK visiting my Mum, my girls, and my granddaughter, Lily and her new sister, Ruby. I now have another beautiful granddaughter. I flew back into Tenerife on Christmas day....beautiful sunshine, a real welcome after many days of rain in the UK.
I was relieved to see Tristan had waited; I saw Meriva tied up in the marina as we flew over it!
It was good to be back on board and we spent most of Christmas Day unpacking all the boat bits I carried out from the UK, and eating all the wonderful almond biscuits waiting on the table for me. I have no choice now but to sail long ocean passages.....need to remove the extra calories!
Euan and Nona joined us for a meal in the evening and I unpacked the 'hurricane' box to find
a christmas pudding. Its difficult to steam on a boat .... you don't want to fill the boat up with steam and it would use a lot of gas, so we decided to fry it in butter. Wow......never again will I steam christmas pudding. If you are having lots of butter in a brandy sauce, a bit more won't hurt
We are going to have a few day sails with our friends before heading south to our next destinations La Gomera & El Hierro. I have always wanted to go to El Hierro, especially since the volcanic eruptions last year. I know Tristan will say ' not more volcanos' decorated with colourful expletives, but volcanos are my 'thing'.
