I have now learned that one leg hopping in a kind of non-stop fairground ride is much harder than I actually thought, and I am afraid I might cause even more trouble for myself by doing this… In spite of the wound under my heel I can still use my toes very well! It’s only that I now have sore toes! Obviously they lacked some training… but this is about to change. Last night I passed the half way point. Unfortunately I could not dance a jig, but feeding myself home-baked cookies to celebrate did just fine. Besides that, there is a mega-large swell over here caused by a more southerly storm. Happily, the swell is very long so it is not worse than usual. But, oh my! Some of the waves are at least 7 meters high [22 feet], giving me a spontaneous vertigo when I am sailing on the very top of them..

Laura