Cable Island - Sunday
We travelled along the coast, going North East. Stopped in a bay for a swim, then continued on along the coast, before turning into a fjord. This was a very long fjord. Part way along we saw Telegraph Island. This is where we were going to sleep for the night. There was a tent on the island. Telegraph Island was used by the British to relay the first telegraphic messages from Karachi to London in 1865. It was not the best posting you could have in 1865, with most people driven mad by the lonliness of the posting and hence said to "go around the bend" (there being a bend in the fjord before getting to the Island).
We continued up the fjord admiring the scenery and the flying dish. Turned around and headed back to Telegraph island as the sun was sinking. Rosemary spotted dolphins. She reckons on seeing some 15-20. They were very elusive to photograph, especially with the light going. The crew whistled and clapped trying to attract their attention.
We moored up off Telegraph Island. Supper was on the island, cooked on the boat and ferried out. Hommous, salad, rice, aubergine hommous, BBQed fish, garlic mushrooms, and vegetables.
Eight of us slept on the boat, while the other six slept on the land. We arranged ourselves around the deck, Steve for some reason slept side ways to the slope. The bilge pump alarmingly started up every now and again through the night, sounding like someone having an enormous wee. The crew slept on the top of the boat, and cold not have been comfortable. Beautiful view of the stars at night, with no light pollution.
