I have received the following email “It is now time to reveal my true identity … the mystery follower from Russia is none other zan me, Aleksandr, from Compare ze Meerkats.com. Yes it’s true. I haff been following you throughout your journey and I am pleased to announce zat ve will be adding to our cuddly toy collection, of, yes, zat’s right, Capitan Rusty…”
So that mystery’s solved.
But there are continuing mysteries such as: Where did Rusty go when it was time to cook? How clean can one person get the bilges? Is it possible that the engine contains Rusty’s DNA? How many people in Britain live in marinas? How can weather reports become compulsive listening?
The highlight has to be our visit to Whitby’s wand (sorry, pipe) shop. Much talk of pipe-lore and “The pipe chooses the smoker”. Incompatible pipes flew across the emporium, wrest from Rusty’s hand by invisible forces, as he stabbed the air with it to make a point. But eventually he settled on dragon heartstring and elder and became a great wizard. Actually I think I might be getting confused.
I’ll miss our evenings together watching quarter of a film (three times) on your laptop until it crashed. I won’t miss how cold it was on my first week. I’ll miss our conversations and shared experiences and stunning views. I’ll miss hearing your anecdotes (mind you, once I’d heard them 3 times that’s probably enough). But most of all I’ll miss us wrestling bare-chested on the cabin floor. I think I’m getting confused again.
Amy (daughter) keeps referring to you as “Dad’s bezzy” when I say “When I was on the boat with Captain Rusty…”. I really enjoyed my time on Crusoe Too and am glad to be numbered among the few. Here’s to the next adventure…
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