Palma

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We sail from Porto de Andraitx to Sa Rapita, where we are meeting Tom, Joan, Clare and the Longfordians who are staying in a house there for the coming week to celebrate Jane's big birthday.
On the way we pass the Bay of Palma and Santa Ponsa.
A big container ship called Roro is very kind and alters course for us so there isn't a collision.
When get into Sa Rapita marina it is hot and every one is stinky except me - shower time.

Soon after, I see Clare , Joan ,Jane ,Tony and Donagh walking towards us.
We go up to their house which, conveniently, is only 3 minutes away.
The house is very pretty and it has a pool out the front.
It also has many , many bedrooms.

I hop straight into the pool with Tara and Joanne ,it is very refreshing.
Then Ruby and Tony come in for a cooldown as well.
I teach Joanne how to dive and Ruby tries to teach us all how to flip into the water.
After fun in the pool we spray each other with Tony's newly purchased water-gun.

We play lots of table tennis and I am intrigued by Tony's superb racket skills.
After a lot of ball whacking, the five squits (children) all go on a walk to look for lizards. They must have heard us coming because we find none.

On Sunday everyone comes aboard Regal and we set sail for the nearby Es Trenc beach.
It's a beautiful day and we hoist the headsail and Tara helms for most of the journey .
When we get there the water is crystal clear and the breeze is slack.
We all pop in for a swim and some poeple go snorkeling.
We have lovely sangers for lunch and after that the titchys play board games below decks while the oldies chat in the cockpit.
Ronan does 2 trips on dingy to ferry all the visitors on to the beach. From there they walk back along the two long beaches to get home.

Another day, two excursions are arranged, so the group splits.
Tom, Joan , Clare , Ruby and Margaret go on drive over the mountains to Port Soller.
Jane , Donagh , Tony , Tara and Joanne and I go to the Caves De Drach.
We eat hot dogs and proceed to the Caves. We go down lots and lots of steps and then I see a Stalactite and then more and more and more.
We are in a huge cavern covered in Stalagmites and Stalactites ( A clue to know which is which is in their name. Satalagmites have a 'g' for ground and Stalactites have a 't' for top).There is a very big lake at the bottom of the cavern .
We sit down in theatre-style seating and all the lights go out.
Then from around the corner lights appear, they are on small boats floating on the lake. One of them has musicians who are playing songs including 'Air On A Cheesestring'.
Then we all hop into one the boats, it was short trip but pretty spectacular.

Our visits to the nearby beach are squelchy. Although the sand is beautiful there is seagrass which we have to walk through to go swimming. When I step on it my whole foot disappears. I really enjoy playing footy on the beach with Tony, Donagh and Dad.
We have a delicious ice cream , I get vanilla and white chocolate flavour.

On the day of Jane's party she and Donagh go Scuba Diving while the rest of us get everything ready.
Tara and I go down to the boat and make chocolate delights ( the recipe is at the bottom of the blog).
Ruby has made two cheese cakes and Margaret made caramel squares.
When Jane and Donagh get home we have drinks and a toast in the garden followed by a gorgeous Barbecue. We give Jane her birthday cards, everybody has made one, they are very funny. After dinner we all have a great time dancing together in the ballroom ( kitchen). Ruby and I sleep over while Mom and Dad clamber over the wall and jump down on to the bins to get back into the marina.

The next day while the Ladies go to the spa, we get some snorkels , fins and goggles from Regal and go down to the swimming platform at end of the pier.
We go snorkeling and we do a dive competition.
After that Ronan gets the dinghy and the bigger SUP and we all set off from the pier.
I swim the 400 metres to the beach while Donagh paddleboards and Ronan goes in the dinghy with the kids. We have another great day but alas it is the last. Everyone flies home the next day leaving the crew of Regal behind to solider on in Sunny Mallorca.

Recipe for chocolate delights

. 200g chocolate bar

. Nuts (chopped)

. Raisins (chopped)
Melt the chocolate , put the nuts and raisins at the bottom of 6 bun cases .Then pour the melted chocolate on top of the nuts and raisins. Let cool , and then gobble them up.

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