First day aboard

Hi Jess and Mim here!

Jess: Hi it has been great so far! We have settled in quite well! We arrived and then relaxed in our cabins for a bit. Then we had tea. It was sausage and mash! The food is very nice here, better than I thought it would be. It has not even been two days and it has been jam packed! On the first night we went for a walk which was very peaceful. We saw a horse and two crazy dogs. (I will leave it to Mim to tell you about that!) This morning we went through the safety procedures, as you can see above, (that’s me!) It is very complicated!!!! Then we set sail to Fleetwood at around 3.00 but had to wait 2 hours for the gates to open! It was worth the wait though! We are currently in Fleetwood now. We have just had tea. It was Caramelized pork chops and a vegetable stir fry! We are just about to have a fruit fondue! Can’t wait till tomorrow! Missing you all at home and yes mum I am ok! Not over board – yet! I will hand over to Mim now so she can give her views on things!! x

Mim: Well, where to start? First about the mad dogs. Zoe dropped her beloved hat on the grass by a Boxer dog on a lead. The dog then continued to sort of, guard the hat and wouldn’t let anyone near it without being jumped up at. So whilst we were all making a desperate attempt to retrieve Zoe’s hat, another small dog appeared and just began running round madly and bumping into things at high speed, it was very entertaining to watch, meanwhile Mary the skipper had successfully retrieved Zoe’s hat in one piece. We ended up having quite a lot of spare time to spend, and were eventually lowered to discovering that there were 409 wooden planks along the jetty at Glasson dock. Pretty desperate, I think you’ll agree. Mary explained that we will have cooking and cleaning duties in two different teams, Port and Starboard. I am with Corin, Georgina and Emma in the starboard team, evidently, the better team in the races up and down the boat and the port team consists of Jess, Zoe, India and Rebecca. (For the record, the hat still hasn’t left Zoe’s head!) Fleetwood isn’t as nice as Glasson by far. The place is currently mobbed by seagulls. No need to use a foghorn when Corin’s asleep her snoring decibels are surely passed dangerous levels!!! But we’re all fine and having a great time!!!