Thursday 25th
There wasn’t much to report for Thursday, it was grey and rainy. I’d hoped to hike around the caldera but it was too wet so we re-provisioned at the local Hyper (by Azores standards) market then got a new winch handle.
Dinner at Peter’s bar was good though crowded, steaks all round except for Louise who had Tuna. The others all bought T-shirts from there and as they have some good ones I will be back tomorrow after I have serviced the generator and re-fuelled.
Thursday night sitting in the Marina Bar getting updated weather I was treated to a Monty Python-esque scene between a Scotsman and two Germans lambasting how loud and crass the English were in bars. Apparently some English people had come into a bar they frequented and ordered 28 Gin and Tonics and then complained when they didn’t arrive quickly, disturbing other patrons. This tirade was carried out at top of voice with at one point the Scot standing up and yelling “freedom” in a near scream which ended all speech in the bar for some minutes. Apparently this related to English tyranny over North Sea oil revenue (The equivalent of which has just been donated by our Scottish chancellor/Prime Minister to our banks so they don’t go bust maintaining their management bonus schemes). Fortunately the whole scene was so bizarre it wasn’t particularly annoying to me as the only Englishman present. I was never enlightened as to whether four tired Englishmen coming off a boat ordered 7 gin and tonics each or whether it was the other way around.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment