Leamington & Warwick BSAC
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2006 report
"Hjalmar Bjorge"
by Kay Rainsley, 17th - 24th June 2006
Can you picture the boat
With its hardworking crew?
With its cabins and galley
And big tables too?
With its shiny steel cups
And selection of brew
As it ploughs through the water
That’s more brown than it’s blue
Well we went to St. Kilda
It was all up and down
With its cliffs and its sheep
There’s not much of a town
But we saw the old church
And the room in the school
And a St. Kilda wren and
Soay sheep were quite cool
Then we dived in the ocean
Saw the stars down below
In orange and yellow
And red – quite a show
But it wasn’t to last
With the wind and the rain
And we weren’t quite sure
When we’d dive again
Then Mark said ‘There’s an arch
You can all swim right through’
We were pushed and were pulled
By the waves – what a view
Then it’s back on the boat
For some cake and some tea
And a delicious meal
From our cook named Izzie
And we dozed in our bunks
And we slept night and day
While we whiled the hours
And more hours away
And the bad news kept coming
Of high winds and gales
And we saw some nice yachts
With their old fashioned sails
And we thought of the St. Kildans
As they rowed ‘tween the isles
And the birds and the feathers
As we traversed the miles
To Harris down south
Where we walked round the isle
And that’s when Mark told us ‘We’re heading for Kyle’ Adam with his computer
Showed film and some pics
With a bubbling background
It was just like the flicks
And we drank wine and whisky
Beer and cider galore
Eating and drinking
From the ship to the shore ‘Til we came to a standstill
No more heaving swell
And we went otter spotting
Which went down quite well
And we dived the Port Napier
Going down two by two
A sort of wet dirty dozen
Diving round her and through
The waves and the currents
Past the ropes and the guns
Then back up the shotline
For more tea and buns
Where Heather is waiting She helps with our fins
And cameras and reels
And numerous things
Then we moved on to Eig
For a dive by a wall ‘Please bring back some scallops’
Was Izzie’s last call
So we looked all around us
There were none to be seen ‘Cos we didn’t dive deep
Where Phil and Gordon had been
Nige and Andy took photo’s
Of life in the sea
Of dog fish and jellies
Creatures large and wee
Then Jules had a snoozem
And Helen a sleep
Before their next sojourn
To visit the deep
Ruth finished her reading
And curled up to rest
Then Les, Nick and Mike
All joined the sleep fest
So here I am writing
With so much to say
About how we all came
To be here today Despite adverse weather
We’ve had a good time
And this is the end
Of my St. Kilda rhyme.