We're back onboard

At 10.30pm last night we finally re-boarded the Africa Mercy, four days and eight hours later than expected. Apparantly the ship was almost too big to be pushed back into the water - it is one of the largest ships the Astican Shipyard has handled, and it took five big diggers to do the work. Today the kids are tired and grumpy, and Sally is yearning to be back in a nice hotel again with the other mums. I'm delighted that they're back onboard. We were due to sail to Tenerife this afternoon, but our berth there is still occupied, so we are spending our last night in Las Palmas berthed at the oil terminal before our five hour sail to Tenerife through three or four metre high swell. Tomorrow our two weeks of holiday routine begins, where non-essential functions close and we all get some time off. Photo of the ship fighting its way through three metre swells on the way to Gran Canaria two weeks ago. Olly