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Well, actually, she's back on dry land now but wrote this whilst on the high seas with the intention of posting it – but the boat's wifi wasn't working so here, a little belated, is her tale of floating photographic opportunities...
Pirate Jude is still floating around on the Gibraltar Strait, massaging the truckers on the ferry from Algeciras to Tangiers but she is not happy. Pirate Jude, having spent a couple of months ferrying on the east coast of Spain, reckoned the photo opportunities from the boat were few and far-between so decided not to bother taking even her point and shoot camera with her, figuring the mobile phone camera would do for any snaps that needed snapping.
Picture this...
The early evening run from Tangiers to Spain is at sunset time. As the Gib Strait is a tad on the windy side, coming straight off the Atlantic, there are wind turbines all over the crest of the hills down to the sea at Tarifa (closest point in Spain to Morocco). So, spectacular sunsets every other night, wind turbines beautifully silhouetted against the sky. Nice photo there. Does Pirate Jude have a camera? No – it's 800km away at home!!
AARGH!!!
*Pirate Jude sulks*
Picture this...
The background: stormy sky; a halo of fluffy white cloud has fallen over the crest of Gibraltar; beautiful diffused light reflects silver off a calm sea. The whole scene in shades of grey.
The middle ground: a dozen red and blue container ships have artistically arranged themselves, adding a splash of colour to the scene.
The foreground: a school of dolphins (dozens of them!!) are flippering away in the direction of the boats as they pass by the ferry – I'm not making this up! A never to be repeated scene. Does Pirate Jude have a camera?!! Did the stupid wide-angle lens on the phone camera capture any of it? Nope, even Gibraltar was a dot in the distance.
AARGH!!!
*Pirate Jude kicks herself – very, very hard*
Picture this...
Pirate Jude thinks it's lovely seeing lots of dolphins from the boat every other day. Shame she doesn't have a camera! Then the whales arrived...
AARGH!!!!
*Pirate Jude hits herself with handbag*
*sobs*
Moral of this story – don't EVER leave home without your camera, even if you think you might be going somewhere boring!!!