Jane Parker comes to visit

B Dock Netsel Marina

Marmaris, Turkey

Merhaba,

Randal has been really, REALLY busy working hard on perfecting DoraMac for her future owners. Now my works starts cleaning the interior from top to bottom. So it was a treat to have our London pal Jane Parker come to visit while she is here in Turkey and have some fun adventures these past few days.

DoraMac

From one of my London emails : “While researching mudlarking I’d found the website of Amelia Parker. AKA Jane Amelia Parker. So when we saw her “live and in person” at the Spitafileds Market we had to stop and chat. Turns out Jane was about to fly off to Fethiye, Turkey where she owns a home. (Not so far from Marmaris.) So we had to talk about our mutual Turkish experiences.” http://www.mydoramac.com/jane-and-jane-young-and-parker/.

The rest, as they say, is history. We’ve kept in contact with Jane since meeting in London. This year we’re all in Turkey at the same time so were able to have a short visit.

Jane arrived mid-afternoon Monday on a rather dizzily dreary day. But no matter, after a bit of a rest, she and I went touring around the Marmaris waterfront and bazaar so she could stretch her legs after the 2 hour bus ride from Fethiye where she has a “vacation home.” I have that in parentheses as vacation homes seem to require almost as much work and maintenance as boats. In the evening she and I went off to Sailor’s Point for Monday Movie night. The Two Faces of January was showing. Thumbs down was the consensus from the 8 folks who were there.

Thankfully the weather cooperated for the rest of her visit which involved lots of walking both days.

Rest stop at Joya Delmar between Netsel Marina and Yacht Marina

Tuesday was a perfect day for the 6 mile walk along the coast and over the hills so Jane and I packed up some Netsel library books to swap at Yacht Marine’s library. Joya Del Mar, the small resort/restaurant/marina mid-way on our hike, was the perfect place to take a break. Turkish coffee for Jane, cappuccino for me, and a shared plate of fresh fruit were just perfect.

Wednesday we walked another 6 miles to Iҫmeler and half the way back and Jane still had the energy to jump up and down!

Jane modeling the jewelry she crafts from clay pipe pieces she hunts along the Thames in London. She selects them for their color and uniqueness as many are just plain tan. http://www.mydoramac.com/mudlarking-at-new-crane-wharf-wapping/ tells lots about the historic clay pipes found in the Thames and my adventure with cruising pals to find them. None were this lovely.

Coffee morning at Kahve Dünyası

Randal reading the paper, Scruff and his owner Georgina, Colin, Ken, Doug, Jane (red jacket) and Tony. Between Monday movie night, Tuesday Happy Hour, and coffee mornings, Jane pretty much met the whole gang (minus those off in Cappadocia, Jane and Tom back in the UK, and Princess Connie diligently doing lots of boat work.) Sean and Ron and Jack came after the photo ops.