Cloud bathing today!

We had been booked on a trip yesterday  (29th) described as a "castaway picnic", leave at 1030 for a 45 minute boat ride to what i think is the edge of the atoll and relax on the sand.  Some good snorkeling to be had before a picnic lunch.  More snorkeling and sunbathing then back to Kurumba by 1600. Due to the wind it made the sea too rough so that was cancelled early on.

So after our champagne breakfast we sauntered around the island for a while, even with all the clouds its easy to see why almost anyone is taken in by the Maldives.

 A real effort has been put into making the gardens more attractive.  In the centre of the island there's a garden/nursery and we have promised ourselves a visit today

 This huge palm thing dominates one of the track junctions

  The pic above was taken from our decking in the early afternoon and as can be seen the sun broke through the clouds and the surroundings took on its sunny mantel.

Unfortunately though the clouds once again closed in and the sunset view from the sand bar once again indicated it could be a "rough night at sea"

 
Back home my web server machine decided it had had enough and stopped broadcasting the site.  I could log into my other machines but to begin with the problem was not evident.  I swapped the server and managed to get a temporary site up and running just before i managed to get the original machine to reboot.

It soon became clear that i had neglected to empty the access log and it had filled up the hard drive and the machine had then given up the ghost.  After deleting that (45gb) file it was easy to re-point all the cameras at it and we are now back up and running.  The last act was to put a monthly reminder in the diary to empty it!

I'm able to log into my machines from here by using a free app called "Logmein",  definitely worth having  https://secure.logmein.com/UK/ 

Right then, off to the champagne breakfast and then i must get some cloud bathing in!