and Back Again
At last, the beginning is in sight. Douglas' Shallows. Straight across the
straits sits our little fleet, bobbling on the waves like foam on a cappacino*
We ourselves also wave excitedly and in virtually no time at
all we’re back in the welcoming arms of our comrades, though they become
surprisingly less welcome when they learn we’re almost lootless. However, we introduce them to the courtesies of Tiddles and in two shakes of a warg’s tail,
our anchors are upped and our little expedition is heading home.
Ah! Home – free from badgers, balloons and Snowlords,
replete with sunshine, the kisses of our loved ones and perhaps also our partners
and a decent lager at last. We simply can’t wait.
Full sail ahead, matey, that away – straight for those
enticing black clouds on the horizon.
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*(Possibly a small monkey wearing jeans)
The ship is a Black Seas US frigate, the Chesapeake.
I like the frigate models, and they don't take too much effort to paint or to rig, as long as I can find enough patience for the more fiddly aspects of the job.
A couple more details:
With this post I finish my return trip. I’ve visited every
location on this island twice (and had the pleasure of Lady Sarah’s company six
times en route). In a total of 40 posts, I’ve written 23,000 words, which is
about a third of a novel. Tiring, or what?
Meanwhile, I’ve also been sporadically working on
non-island-relevant figures, unsystematically (there’s a surprise!) and hope to
complete as many as possible of them in the remaining days of the Challenge, if
for no other reason than to give Martin a run for his money. They’re mainly
additions to projects I’ve already written about, though there might be the odd
surprise, too.
Scoring: 18 points for a single frigate
(No bonus for location, as this is my second visit here.)
From DaveD - Boing , bounce .. etc as Noel continues his revisit - or is it just emptying a very random lead mountain -lovely job lets call that 20 .
right we are now 1076 for the day -- better ... but must try harder come on slackers! ..
From DaveD - Boing , bounce .. etc as Noel continues his revisit - or is it just emptying a very random lead mountain -lovely job lets call that 20 .
right we are now 1076 for the day -- better ... but must try harder come on slackers! ..
