gerardcarey
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- CFx2, CPx1
So, after a long day on trail, we, after first showering and laundering, are now looking forward to a late afternoon snoozy rest on our comfy bunk. After assuming the required horizontal position the need arises for an interesting easy read, anything else being simply heretical.
After a suitable time these reading/resting sessions are usually terminated by friendly pilgrims suggesting it is indeed "drinkies time", the only thing ever taking precedence being the search for the correct way in which to exit the village the following morning.
Experience will inform as to how important that is.
Anyway, may I suggest downloading, to a sutable device, the highly regarded book from which the following is a selection, slightly abridged in order to remove obvious clues.
Put your riddle brain on then and here we go!
The sail in the distance was a barkantine, three points on the weather, bow hull down. Then came the night.
My ship was sailing along now without attention to the helm. The wind was south; she was heading east. Her sails were trimmed like the sails of the nautilus. They drew steadily all night. I went frequently on deck, but found all well. A merry breeze kept on from the south. Early in the morning of the 15th I was close aboard the stranger, which proved to be La Vaguisa of Vigo, twenty-three days from Philadelphia, bound for Vigo. A lookout from his masthead had spied us the evening before. The captain, when I came near enough, threw a line to me and sent a bottle of wine across slung by the neck, and very good wine it was. He also sent his card, which bore the name of Juan Gantes. I think he was a good man, as Spaniards go. But when I asked him to report me "all well" (we having passed him in a lively manner), he hauled his shoulders much above his head; and when his mate, who knew of my expedition, told him that I was alone, he crossed himself and made for his cabin. I did not see him again. By sundown he was as far astern as he had been ahead the evening before.
When you have de-riddled the riddle you will find my suggested book is available free, or close enough to it, on Amazon US. AU, UK, and probably others.
If possible try to download an Enotated version, wherein strange nautical terms, of which there are quite a few, are underlined, as above. Tapping on these will magically produce an explanation of their meaning.
Regards and ruminating restings,
Gerard
After a suitable time these reading/resting sessions are usually terminated by friendly pilgrims suggesting it is indeed "drinkies time", the only thing ever taking precedence being the search for the correct way in which to exit the village the following morning.
Experience will inform as to how important that is.
Anyway, may I suggest downloading, to a sutable device, the highly regarded book from which the following is a selection, slightly abridged in order to remove obvious clues.
Put your riddle brain on then and here we go!
The sail in the distance was a barkantine, three points on the weather, bow hull down. Then came the night.
My ship was sailing along now without attention to the helm. The wind was south; she was heading east. Her sails were trimmed like the sails of the nautilus. They drew steadily all night. I went frequently on deck, but found all well. A merry breeze kept on from the south. Early in the morning of the 15th I was close aboard the stranger, which proved to be La Vaguisa of Vigo, twenty-three days from Philadelphia, bound for Vigo. A lookout from his masthead had spied us the evening before. The captain, when I came near enough, threw a line to me and sent a bottle of wine across slung by the neck, and very good wine it was. He also sent his card, which bore the name of Juan Gantes. I think he was a good man, as Spaniards go. But when I asked him to report me "all well" (we having passed him in a lively manner), he hauled his shoulders much above his head; and when his mate, who knew of my expedition, told him that I was alone, he crossed himself and made for his cabin. I did not see him again. By sundown he was as far astern as he had been ahead the evening before.
When you have de-riddled the riddle you will find my suggested book is available free, or close enough to it, on Amazon US. AU, UK, and probably others.
If possible try to download an Enotated version, wherein strange nautical terms, of which there are quite a few, are underlined, as above. Tapping on these will magically produce an explanation of their meaning.
Regards and ruminating restings,
Gerard
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, I always get a bit brain slow down after a week or so!!!
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