The Adventures of Podge & Tubbs

Sitting on our balcony, we watch Rum Runner II calmly sail out fully laden with quiet but eager passengers from the Britannia, one just knew that it would be essential to be on the balcony when they return. How do I know this? Because Podge and The Duchess have been there: got the hat, got the t-shirt, got the headache. 

As for Grenada itself, well, we’ve been here so many times before that we decided to have nice quiet day relaxing and reading, determined as I was to finish Sharpe’s Triumph. And finish it I did and as I put down my book (kindle) I heard an unmistakable twang of steel drums beating out, very loudly, a mixture of Caribbean Sing Song music accompanied by a lot of very, very happy Britannia passengers, clearly brewing a headache or three: The Rum Runner was back. 

This evening, we sampled the offerings from The Beach House where we tried Crispy Fried Mahi Mahi burgers and fries preceded by Caribbean Saltfish Fritters (see sample menu 3) , creations of Shivi Ramoutar, all of which was rather yummy but a little too much for Podge’s tiny tummy 😋.  But, we vowed to return (many times as it happened) to sample more if not all of the dishes on offer.

Dinner completed, we switched camp to The Crows Nest and made camp at the bar dedicating ourselves to sampling whiskies and cosmopolitans. Whilst there we had the pleasure of the company of the Hotel General Manager (Ajit) who was very interested in our cruising stories and plans. After that, we met a new waiter (CoCo, not sure that’s how it’s spelt) who was being shown round the ship and was introduced to us! We did feel very posh. We did also agree that Ajit was one of those officers that you just knew you could get on with, go for a drink with and, trust.

After convincing ourselves that we had finished sampling for the day, evidenced by The Duchess and her jolly twittering and His Podgeness feeling extremely sleepy and wobble, we retired to our suite and once again failed to goto bed the same day we got up. 

Step Count: – 7128 🥴