So long and thanks for all the ...

Dolphins and I have a strange relationship. Don't get me wrong - I've loved
them since I was a child - we just seem to have got off on the wrong foot.
Apart from the occasional sighting from a distance, my first real encounter
was on the Round Britain & Ireland race with Richard in 2010. We were lucky
enough to be visited by a pod of rare white-tipped dolphins in Lyme Bay -
there's even a video of it on YouTube somewhere. I filmed them for a while
and then had this inspirational thought to put on Pink Floyd's "Wish you
were here". After putting the selected track on the boat's lo-fi, I dashed
back upstairs just in time to see their flukes as they scattered into the
distance.
A couple of days ago, somewhere way off Ireland, we were similarly becalmed
and I was attending to personal matters below, when Richard cried
"dolphins!". I went above deck to see a pod of common dolphins off our
stern, gambolling up to play. Just as they reached the point where the boat
had been when I flushed the toilet, they immediately stopped and there was
this commotion in the water. We never saw them again.
I think I need to start this relationship all over.
Trev