July 28th 2019

Hi everyone!
We are missing everyone and we are both looking forward to catching up with you all in September!   YAY!!! 

It's been pretty busy.  I have got 3 Eco Interns at the moment which I've been trying to keep busy.  They're all older (30-60) which has been refreshing as we tend to all be on the same wave length  ..if that's at all possible ;-D    We've been doing the mandatory clean up dives and Crown of Thorns (big star fish that eat coral) collections and have been out cleaning, measuring and re-tagging all of the Adopt Corals, so that's been a great help.  We've also been helping out to survey and replace damaged buoy lines around the island which has been great fun.  Tying knots with thick rope underwater is a little different than on land, just a little more difficult so we also attended the workshops :-D

Buoy line replace/deployment island effort

This coming week, I'm getting them to construct/build a metal fish, which will be used for recycling plastic bottles.

It'll be interesting as to how this will turn out.  I've got my friend Dorothy to teach them how to weld ..and then I'm just going to leave them to it :-D  ...to a fashion.

Simon is good, he's busy as ever, especially with social media for Eco and updating the website with the 150+ coral adoption updates  ..a nightmare of a job that he does every quarter.

It's Sunday today, the weather is slightly cooler, the wind has picked up and I think it'll rain as some point.   I'm thinking of going for a cycle when the wind calms down but for now, we're both relaxing after our tasty poached egg & beans on toast :-D     Simon will probably go into the office in the next hour or so, so I'll be left to potter, thinking of tidying the garden and maybe splitting some of our Aloe vera plants ...I'll see if the wind dies down. 

Formula 1 is on tonight so Si will be back later as he and the boys (Tim, Kiwi, Steve & Big Rich) will watch the race at Crystal on the big screen whilst drinking beer, munching on French baguette, cheese, onions and pickle ;-D

LOVE TO ALL!

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