Woke up Sunday to a still, calm day. A nice change from the heavy wind that caused us so many problems on Saturday. Motored back to the St George's club to meet Rick and Mike who had flown in from Houston to crew on the next leg. I spent the morning showing them Eclipse's communication systems and packing, then we caught a taxi into Hamilton for a last minute tourist dash.
Being Sunday most of the shops were closed, but we had a decent lunch in a restaurant over looking the harbour, then wandered round the main drag and parks. One thing to note if you're thinking of visiting Bermuda... the Americans in our party found everything very expensive, however due to the strength of the pound against the US dollar (which the Bermuda Dollar is pegged to) prices seemed roughly equivalent to UK prices, so not too bad.
After a wander round we used Greg's RORC membership to get access to the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, a nicely posh yacht club with pictures of the queen and some rather large, expensive looking boats tied up in the marina. Ironically, for a country where the temperature in winter rarely drops below 15 Celsius, they had details on one of the club notice boards about the winter Frostbite series!
After finishing our drinks we jumped into a taxi and went back to the yacht, where I said my goodbyes, loaded up my bags and headed for the airport. Flight left at 8pm local time (midnight UK time) and was fairly smooth. Plane can't have been more than 20% full, so I had a row of seats to myself! I even managed to get some sleep, although not nearly enough. Clare picked me up from the airport, and am now revelling in the luxury of home, (floors that don't move, comfy mattress with head room above, normal English food!).
Strange to be back, but a relief I think after being away for so long.
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