Dubrovnik was fabulous, and so was evening dinner followed by the Tom O'Connor show. I must admit that Des's bro held the audience well for an hour. We also held on well; especially now that we know it's baking hot at the back of the auditorium and air conditioned towards the front. Unfortunately though, there was a distinct lack of air conditioning while I was sea kayaking at Split in Croatia today. It was so hot (35 degrees today and 36 yesterday) that I now have clear sunglasses outline marks on my face, and sunburnt sections above and below the shape of the sunglasses arms. I wore factor 30, the aforementioned sunglasses, and a hat. There was a lack of kayaks on arrival, plus everyone else was related or friends and had paired off. So they found a single seater for yours truly. Now I was warned that they are extremely unstable, and yep it was. I fell in twice before transferring to the the slightly more stable two seater. We headed out to sea and along the coastline. Before stopping at a lovely beach for a swim. They all enjoyed their dip, but for me, it was my third go at swimming in the Mediterranean. So I can tick that one of now, along with sea kayaking having done it twice. Sea kayaking hurts. I'm now back in our cabin with sore hands, sore feet (underneath on the outer edge) and a sore back. Still, I managed to grab a sandwich when we got on board after the lovely boat tender ride, and then had a coffee and while my back held out, carried on with my current piece of artwork.
It's an image of Venice, in watercolour on a small piece of watercolour paper. Might be A5 but I'm not sure. Plus I'm too tired and aching to bend forward and pick up the pad to check. We are due to berth in Venice tomorrow, and that's the inspiration for this piece, but it may not get finished while I'm away.
