'Tis the third day in Eyemouth now, waiting for repair to engine starter motor. The Skipper tells me he is on the case and hopes the new part will arrive later today or tomorrow. Watch this space! Meanwhile he has been fraternising with the local fishermen, as he is wont to do, and his early start yesterday paid dividends ...
This rich harvest of giant prawns - otherwise known as langoustines - from the sea just off this coast, was brought aboard in a large carrier bag by the Skipper before breakfast yesterday. All were cooked (in 10 relays because neither the galley stove nor our largest pot was big enough to cook all in one go) by lunchtime. We then sat down to enjoy as many as we could eat for lunch.
Delicious consolation for the delay to our trip ... we were supposed to be in the Farne Islands today! Plenty left over for a couple more lunches I reckon, but hopefully the next harvest from the sea will be made further down the coast.
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