Bird On A Wire

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I really must make a confession. Everybody thinks I
sailed solo down to Plymouth a few weeks ago. But in actual fact I had some
help. Half way down the Irish Sea a little bird flew straight into the cabin and
perched himself on one of the handholds. His friends were all outside tweeting
and chirping loudly, I presume warning him that if he stayed there he might end
up in America! Anyway, he decided to abandon his friends and do some offshore
sailing for a while. Every hour or so he would fly out and do a little fishing,
check to make sure everything was in order on deck and then return cheeping
loudly to his perch on top of my gloves... 24hrs later I realised I hadn't seen
him for a while, so I can only presume he either saw a boat with more food on,
or he just decided offshore sailing on a small boat wasn't his cup of tea.
Either way, I hope he found his way home safely. It was nice to have
somebody/something to talk to for a while. It'll be interesting to see what
other life forms we come across during the race.

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