David and Colros, proposed get together

[bluemoves]

Brilliant choice of words Barbara.

A little more from David:
David didn’t just love sailing, he loved boats too.
This is an old posting he made on the Classic Boat Forum 5 years ago: Perhaps these words of his convey this better than any I could write.
“I've recently come across one of Maurice Griffiths' old boats - the 1906 Cardnells-built Wild Lone. She's mentioned in several of his books. This historic yacht is now ashore and in very poor condition but just about restorable. I am not commercially interested in her, but would like to draw attention to her plight in case there's anyone out there looking for a restoration project or anyone with ideas on how she could be saved. She's a 28' shoal draft centreboarder and would make a good family cruiser. The current owner would quite like to see her restored also, but has neither the time or the funds to do much about it. He would almost certainly sell for a realistic price - all her gear is there and OK; she last sailed in 1990. Any ideas?”

He'd be pleased to know that Cambridge Won the BOAT RACE!!!
M xx

 

[lindajabo]

I'm not a great drinker either. I'm now toasting David with a cup of night time tea that he introduced me to many years ago.

Life isn’t a business to be managed, it’s a mystery to be lived.

 

[Sixpence]

He sounds like most of us in here , a fun loving and adventurous type with more time for others than himself , I do wonder at the vast quantities of Xmas pud that he took with him though , thought FB pies were the favourite

 

[Annmarie301]

If anything can sustain one on a long voyage it's a Christmas pud!

 

[lindajabo]

The boys are thinking of you all the time Davidoff (their name for him) but they wanted you to live your dream.

L xx

 

[bluemoves]

David eats anything that's on special offer as long as it's vegetarian.

 

[Sixpence]

Too right , can't stand FB myself so I wouldn't have them aboard under many circumstances

 

[Barbara1116]

What are FB pies?

We're having a wonderful singalong, up to Joni Mitchell's California now! And Carey... both from Blue (this dates us all, doesn't it?) Still drinking!

 

[lindajabo]

FB?

 

[Sixpence]

A nice clump of asparagus also consumed in his memory then , afraid it has to be with steak but the asparagus is really nice , pity it wouldn't keep on a long trip though

 

[Bajansailor]

Fray bentos pies, come in a metal pie container, indestructible, last for ever......... taste? Ummm......

 

[Sixpence]

Fray Bentos , tinned pies of the worse sort

 

[Annmarie301]

We're actually eating hot cross buns, just to stay in the spirit of England.

 

[Bajansailor]

Oooh, very yummy Hot X buns! With lashings of butter and......?

 

[Haven't-a-Clue]

Ginger beer?

 

[Annmarie301]

Butter only. We're purists here. And they go perfectly with a nice bottle of H. Billot Fils.

 

[lindajabo]

David's a chocoholic and loved creme eggs so tomorrow we'll be toasting him in those. They weren't available in December or he'd probably have taken a cupboard full of those.

 

[Sixpence]

I've already started munching into my Easter egg

 

[lindajabo]

Now there's an idea!

 

[Bajansailor]

I'm sure that the supplies of chocolate were second only to those of the puds........ very sensible provisions for a passage!