Wednesday 15 June 2011

FROM THE CREW OF WINDSHIFT

Hello All. We have arrived in Norway after a chavy North Sea. Thankyou all from the comments they are great and we enjoyed reading them. Hopefully you will see some photos we have sent home shortly . All doing well and enjoying the experience. We have even learned some Norwegian from a nice old lady on a bus eg Hi , Ya and Nae , they mean Hello , Yes and No . Everyone is keeping a log of the trip and there experience here are some extracts from the log .
Danny
I was sick and a bit of pie came oot ma nose.......I could not eat anything....I went bonkers when i arrived it was magic.......I caught a purple fish ( anyone have any idea what kind of fish it could have been) ?.....we went to the zoo in Norway ,Hamish was excited seeing the 2 humpit camels there was massive goldfish and the water park flumes were magic

Tye
I was sick in a bucket for 2 days but got my sea legs now.....i saw heaps of dolphins swimming with the boat for ages it was magic and cured my seasickness..when we parked the boat Danny caught a weird purple fish......we went to a magic park in Norway there was a scary ride iwas scared but still went on twice....I am trying to catch a fish for bar b q.

Logan
In deep sleep after leaving Peterhead , woke to Tye spewing and a lifeless Shaun....managed my first watch with Danny who spewed on and off.....the rest of the crossing was a blurr of excitement ,fear , laughs ,sick , dolphind , pot noodles and bowls of beans......A magic sunrise approaching Norway although sleep deprived very happy delighted.
On arrival had Discos fine mince n tatties .......upand away to zoo/park an ace day highlights camels and hot tubs

Shaun
Not alot to say I was in bed suffering badly , i was feeling seasick , home sick and down but everyone in the boat was supportive and helped me get through it ...thanks guys.
Had shower in dark by tourchlight! We went to the zoo liked seeing all the animals.....Hamish tried to speak to a Norwegian wifie in the bus about camels it was funny.....water park was ace.

Stevie
Crossing the North sea was good....had plenty cups of tea from Davie.....managed all my watches fine

Davie
Made good progress across the North sea despite weather being against us......everyone did well considering some were feeling ill........plenty cups of tea and Red Bull ! for some kept us going .....good to be in Norway the kids had a really good day yesterday......they are so hungry and eating as fast as i can cook

Hamish
The camels at the zoo were cool