с днем ​​рождения!! Happy birthday to Denis Davydov, 1st mate… Potatoes, herring, pickles, caviar, hard boiled eggs, washed down with… vodka

Saturday evening 6th August, Nordenshel’da Archipelago just at the start of the Vilkitsky strait in the South Kara Sea

Same Place, same time.

Well the forecast was right, wind calmed and changed direction.

Dennis’s Birthday started off at 9 am. Bunting up, card signed, cake baked, vodka opened. Phew ! S dnem rozdenija Which is Russian for Happy Birthday.

The ladies have had weeks to plan. Present of a tube map of London, a card, which looks like one I had when I was six, and a very nice red Mulberry leather note book – VERY NICE. I’m sure they bought it for me, but got mixed up.

So the lunch was boozy, It was Dennis’s washing up day, but as it was his birthday, the ladies voted I should do it for him, and then tried to use every utensil on the boat.

After a new siesta time, we are at dinner. Vodka time started at 6. They slug the vodka down in one, then they eat pickles, onions, cheese and biscuits.

Next course is Blinis with Caviar and more vodka. Next course, hard boiled eggs , onions and vodka. After boiled potatoes and Herring from Murmansk and vodka. Then a specially baked Coffee and Walnut Birthday cake made by Ros, with vodka.

Even if we had clear waters, I think we are here for the night. One thing’s for sure, we are running out of Vodka, so we must be getting close to sailing!

David