| At sea. Aviva Challenge: Burn’s night celebrations for Dee Caffari |
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; "Dee with her Burns Night gifts from Sir Chay Blyth: © Dee Caffari Aviva Challenge")
| Thursday, 26 January 2006 | |
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Dee Caffari: Well, a very different day indeed today. Clear night time skies clouded over and found the drizzle again as the wind slowly died and started changing direction every five minutes. I needed all the patience I could muster just to keep Aviva moving. This continued all day long until the early evening when the wind although still light settled from the Northwest. At least then we could go in the right direction and just adjust course slightly to keep the light winds working for us. It was a strange feeling and the sky was void of all emotion, the cloud was just a blank canvas, no angry clusters or signs of sunlight from beyond. I knew we were heading towards a frontal system that was forecast to bring with it lots of rain and strong gusts of wind. I was almost sailing in the lull before the storm. Here we go again! I was feeling quite tired as the night of shifty light airs stops you actually getting any sleep as you are constantly adjusting course to avoid Aviva stopping. However I had a supper to prepare for; 'Some have meat and cannot eat. Some cannot eat that want it: But we have meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.' The Burns Supper Menu: Cock-a-leekie soup Haggis, mashed neaps, tatties and whisky gravy Creamed rice Cheese Oat Cakes Shortbread and chocolates 'Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftan o'the puddin-race! Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe or thairm: Weel are ye wordy of a grace As lang's my arm. Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) Although a new comer to Haggis and a firm believer of don't knock it, 'til you try it. I can safely say it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I am not sure I would try it again. It is a fantastic excuse for a party and some great food. I definitely need to practise my Scottish accent though. Otherwise my 'Tam O'Shanter' poem will not sound so good. A wee dram later and a good fill, Aviva and I are doing well. www.avivachallenge.com |
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