Douglas Robertson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And then just when you get rid of the jelly and ice cream, a lamb joint will appear with roast potatoes and vegetables, you know what I mean?
You can't get rid of it.
These images are so strong and powerful.
And you can smell them and you can taste them.
You know, they're so powerful.
And we talked a lot about that.
We knew we had come to terms with our environment.
We'd been catching turtles, we'd been catching Dorado, we'd been catching rainwater, and we were still here.
We were still alive.
And we knew time had gone by.
We were trying to keep a track of the days.
We'd worked out we'd been adrift for 36 days.
But in actual fact, it was the 38th day.
And on the 38th day, a fishing boat appeared on the horizon.
Yeah, well, that was to be the end of our ordeal.
We couldn't be sure.
We could not be sure that she had seen us.
She had halted course dramatically.
And we did have some flares left.
We had two hand flares left.