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We were invited into the farmhouse for tea and sweets and it was a lovely spread

indeed. But it was so breathtakingly hot in the parlor area that we could not stay long

- however, we did sample a cookie or two and they were good indeed.

Then it was time to head down to the beach below the house to be picked up by the

Zodiacs to return to Orion. The weather looked quite ambiguous at the point - the

seas were still a little jumpy but some blue sky was beginning to show through the

mist and rain and low hanging clouds. The non-hikers had been brought to the McGill

house as well so they could enjoy the tea and goodies and the Orion had moved in

order to bring them in closer to shore for their Zodiac ride. That meant our return to

the ship was much shorter than our ride to the beach where we began the hike - but

we didn’t complain about that.

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