Eight of us lived in the house attached to the garage for many years until we bought the next door house and moved there. I lived in the garage house for 4 years after I got married. I ran the business for a while as a Mazda dealership with a busy workshop, separate body repair shop and vehicle recovery operation.
I built my stock cars there and raced under the banner Kirklands Garage.
Happy days with Ian Finnie as a dedicated mechanic and racing at Cowdenbeath and Armadale with trips South for the big meetings at Ipswich and Wimbledon.
Lately the business has been operated by my sister big Liz and her husband Donald. But all things must end. Enjoy your retirement.
CARIBBEAN WHALING.
These guys were seen operating off the North end of St Vincent. They may have been after pilot whales, a type of dolphin. In the islands the meat of the pilot whale is known as black fish.
The SVG islands are also entitled to take some great whales as it is part of their heritage but they are supposed to use traditional hand harpoons and work from a boat driven by oars.
ANOTHER DINGHY DEATH
Just had a sharp reminder of the dangers posed to liveaboards, specifically dinghy operations. A French sailor who crossed the Atlantic with his wife in 2015 and had been anchored in Prickly Bay lost his life when he hit an unlit post at night, at speed, in his dinghy. Despite a rapid response by fellow cruisers and coastguard he did not make it. That post claimed another victim a couple of years back.
YAY PELICAN PLUNGE
The pelican population in Carriacou is down to one or two birds but I enjoyed a ring side seat this morning to some pelican fishing. A school of bait fish was being harrased from below by some predators and were jumping all around Elephants Child. A sole Pelican was making repeated dives in pursuit of breakfast.
No comments:
Post a Comment