While we were in Berwick, I had removed the spinnaker pole to get better access to some wires on the mast and, like a moron, I left it on...

After getting back from the island, I chose to try and get some stuff done. We still have to scrape, clean, and paint the hull with...

On this particular morning, I can't say I was in the best of moods, but nonetheless, I got on with the business of getting out of here. ...

So what's happening?! No blog posts for a while! Well, we had hoped to go up North into Southern Scotland, but an opportunity...

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...

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...

The next day, after procuring a small amount of fuel, and completing a series of domestic tasks we were about ready to be getting out of...

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...

As the weather just sucked for two days with no real sign of letting up - high winds and lots of rain - and after listening to the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Getting to Portaferry takes some timing. There are currents going into Strangford Lough that are just plain dangerous, to fast to fight...

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...

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...

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...