After eagerly waiting over the last few months, it was a busy day
and no mistake.
Weather was superb
which made the early start all that much easier.
What was I
actually looking for?
1) Details on
trips to the Antarctic for next year with Sean.
2) Details of any
other trips, anywhere in the world, including anything for this year, if it
ticked all the right boxes.
3) A look around
the art marquee, it's always a hi-light and you never know.
1) This was never
going to be easy;
Trying to arrange it, so that Sean can take
time away from work, duration as well as dates.
I am really interested in staying on in Tierra
del Fuego for a couple of days; will Sean be able to join me?
Picking the right option, which company to go
with and last but certainly not least the COST.
Disappointed with a lot of the sales pitches,
which ranged from have a look in our brochure or on the website to absolute no
interest?
Despite that we managed to get a couple of
responses, Wildfoot and possibly G adventures, watch this space.
2) This was
at times, just as hard as the Antarctic, mainly because Sean had no interest in
it which is understandable.
Again I was greeted by a lot of apathy.
Had conversations with representatives from Sri Lanka, Australia, the Solomon
Islands and South Africa, all sounded very nice but nothing said WOW.
3) I always make a bee-line for the Chris Rose stand in the
Art Marquee. An artist that I have admired for quite some time. So much so that
I already own three of his limited edition prints! My eyes were soon drawn to a
couple of wader prints, similar to one I already own, Chris's talent for capturing the affects of water is a joy to behold. There was
also a lovely original painting of a 'quartering' short eared owl over a sunlit
field, quite beautiful.
After all that build-up, I ended up walking
away without the purchase of a Mr Rose painting.
I did though finally put my hand in my pocket
and purchased a superb little statuette of a Resplendent Quetzal, a bird which
had given me great pleasure when seeing it in Costa Rica. This particular item
was crafted by Oswaldo Merchor, a Peruvian now living in Norfolk.
