Sunday 13th June
Heavy rain overnight, I awoke in the morning light and packed up the tent in the same deluge. I arrived at the port for the ferry over to the Isle of Man early; exceedingly early and had a coffee with the girls on the reception desk.
One of the workers there had arranged a skit on the security guards. There was a consignment of monkeys and bats due to make the crossing in a van. Well, the guards were told that there was a robbery at Belfast Zoo the night before and that the police were looking for the monkeys and bats that were still missing. A code word was arranged so that the reception girls and I would know when the van had arrived but in the end it all went rather flat as only bats arrived!
Hello Christine and Liz. Thanks for the coffee!
If you do make the crossing from Belfast on the Isle of Man ferry, ask the
girls to tell you about the man with the donkey!
Maybe a silly thought as the ferry got to full speed, as it passed the power
station at the end of Belfast Lough. How much oxygen does a ferry like this add
to the seawater as its engine surges out? Just a thought. The fossil fuel
diesel may be adding CO2 excessively to the atmosphere in the area of the loch
but is there a side benefit of extra O2 in the water? Minimal effect, I would
imagine.
Black Guillemots, Manx Shearwaters and a fair number of one of my favourite
birds, Gannets were seen on the crossing and we arrived at Douglas two hours
late because of the number of motorcyclists leaving the boat before we left Belfast
after the TT races on the IOM.
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