OMG and several other letters ! The day has been a little exciting to say the east. We thought it maybe a rough crossing and the lady when we checked in said it would not be a pleasant crossing. That was an understatement to say the least. We all took a seasickness remedy before boarding. As we saw the people disembarking we saw many of them looking quite green.
I knew we were in for a rough ride when we almost immediately caught air over a wave. It was effectively an hour long roller coaster ride. Elizabeth was the first to go and managed to be sick on me, David, Alex, herself and a little on the man in front's coat. This kicked me off. The lady on the boat did a great job of looking after Elizabeth who threw up again before falling asleep on her. Alex did really well but then threw up as we tried to leave the boat. We were not the only ones to be affected including the family behind who were all ill despite the young boy having a fabulous time being a dolphin at the beginning. Others were also unwell and some were blocking out noise with headphones. The staff were excellent about providing new sick bags and disposing of the old.
On leaving the ferry we were met by Jenny, the motel owner who informed us that our house was not yet ready so let us use a room so we could relax and get changed. This meant we arrived to the house just before 12 which gave us enough time to settle in and have lunch of soup and bread before we headed out for a our bus tour. The house is basic but nice, the big thing is it lacks internet access.
We walked down to the Red Sheds to pick up our bus tour of the island. It was clear through the rain it could be a lovely place and the sense of community is strong. It is also suffering the same problems as many other island communities where families find it too pricey to stay so the school roll becomes smaller and then as they reach high school age they have to go to boarding school.
As we drove on we saw the old phone which no longer works but they keep as a tease to trampers. The phone is if an old party phone type which they decommissioned here in 1985, Around the same time they formed a power company for the island to replace the individual generators.
Both girls had had enough by the end of the tour and it had crossed both our minds to ask to be dropped off as we swung back through the town but neither of us did. As we left the bus Elizabeth lost the plot and we applied her to the pushchair. After a brief stop at the four square for a couple of treats before heading up the hill. When we reached home we treated the girls to a watch of Madagascar and we all relaxed. Dinner was at 6 and we showered the girls, Alex was very good, Elizabeth was distraught but it needed done. Elizabeth was concerned about big crabs in her bedroom, no idea where that came from but David sorted it out by saying the seal int eh picture would look after her.
We are staying in the letterbox house. David and I have a bedroom at the very top front, behind us is a large living room. Downstairs is a kitchen diner, a bathroom and two bunkbed rooms. A large Kaka sits on the balcony