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0044 - A quick update...UK Lockdown
So what's happening?! No blog posts for a while! Well, we had hoped to go up North into Southern Scotland, but an opportunity...
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0043 - A backward glance...
While we work out what our next move will be, we've been afforded the gift of time. With nowhere on the horizon and no new lands ahead...
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0042 - Scarborough to Berwick-upon-Tweed
The next morning my alarm went off, and I woke just up long enough to grab my phone and turn off the remaining alarms, as I tend to set...
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0040 - Ramsgate to Brightlingsea
Ramsgate was supposed to just be another quick place to recharge, but after only a few hours sleep I found myself awake at seven in the...
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0038 - Poole to Newhaven
Poole was to be just a quick stop, sleep, shower, supplies, and shelter from the storm - the next day we would be on our way. Everything...
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0037 - Plymouth to Poole
The weather didn't let up for most of the day, but by late afternoon things had cleared up and there was just enough of the day left for...
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0036 - Newlyn to Plymouth
After sleeping for a while, we were pretty much ready to go again... I couldn't really tell you much about Newlyn, other than visiting...
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0035 - Milford Haven, Wales to Newlyn, England - via Lands End
I can't really explain the sort of dualist feeling I have sometimes about living the way that the cats and I do - I guess we all like to...
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0034 - Dale to Milford Haven
Dale got a little too choppy in the morning and by lunchtime, it became mildly unpleasant, and a little too rough to even roll out the...
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0032 - Pwllheli to Fishguard
So we had a weather window, but as we were leaving I stopped at the fuel station to top-up our fuel - however, the pump had other...
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0031 - Holyhead to Pwllheli
Leaving Holyhead was kinda bitter-sweet - I kinda feel bad I didn't even leave the harbour, but life tied to an unsecured pier is a bit...
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0030 - Portaferry, Ireland to Holyhead, Wales
An early start to this day as we had a little over 70nm to go, from sunrise to sunset we would be moving...it was going to be a long...
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0029 - Portavogie to Portaferry
Getting to Portaferry takes some timing. There are currents going into Strangford Lough that are just plain dangerous, to fast to fight...
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0026 - Belfast to Bangor
We set off about 7am, and not in any particular rush - we took a quick tour of the harbour... This wasn't planned, just a spur of the...
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0024 - Loch Ryan to Belfast, Ireland
Lady Bay was a nice little anchorage, even if a ferry did pass just about every hour or so till quite late at night. It was a very...
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0023 - Rothesay to Loch Ryan
After the last days high-stakes fun, trying to get up early was a bit more difficult than usual, I seemed to ache in places I didn't know...
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0022 - Crinan Basin to Rothesay
This day started at 6am, it was chilly, raining and kinda overcast.....it started like most other days these days, but a little later on...
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0021 - Campbeltown to the Crinan Basin
At first light, the engine was started, power was unplugged, lines were taken in, and we were off up the East Coast of Kintyre, and it...
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0020 - Sailing to Campbeltown
Accidently sleeping later than expected, and despite setting a lot of alarms to get up on time - I overslept by 3hrs and meant our...
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0019 - Port Ellen, Islay
Just to rewind a little, and putting aside the complications of our previous anchorage - The sailing trip down to Port Ellen was actually...
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