I went to Martinique, but it was closed!

.....by a strike

we thought at first it was half-day closing, but it was more serious. At least Customs was painless.


The most painful thing was the holes (20 or so) made in the dinghy by some mindless idiots. The fact that they threw things at myself and André was just a courtesy detail. Difficult to navigate a dinghy with 2 out of 3 chambers flat! Much glue later, it still leaks. Do I feel a new dink coming on?

The island is very French, none of the patois of the other islands, just plain French. It is also a baguette each day arrangement, where if you don't eat it on the day, you can use the baton for hand-to-hand combat!

There is a problem now with food and water supply, so we will head off tomorrow for Dominica.

Must remember to bring the camera in to add some photos.....


Had a query about what happened - Andrew asked what had gone on, so we figured that a bit more of an explanantion was needed.

this is what we emailed to Andrew.hope it made sense...
We went for a meal, leaving the dink moored at the purpose built dinghy dock. The only thing we did this time that was different was to lock it with a chain....came back from a restaurant to find that in our absence two out of three chambers had been stabbed, the front 20+ times, one of the rear had a 7 inch gash.

Amazingly it still floated, but I had to steer backwards to stop the water washing over. Anyway, Sam and I got back safely, so I left her on the boat while I went back for Andre. It was when I was 30 yards from him on shore that the throwing started.

Luckily I know the French for "W*nker", but I guess if I had been able to get onto the dock I would have done something stupid, so just as well I couldn't!!

Tried sticking it with what we could get, but no good....new dink required - sod it!

hope it made sense!