scotland

In the last days of August we left UK to head for the Carribbean via the Canary islands. That was the general plan anyway! Always bending to the wind with Captain Neptune and to the general adventurous nature of our lives at sea.

On the full moon, some days previous to leaving Newry on the 21 st of July, we cycled the three km to Victoria Lock to wave good bye to our friends John, Peter and Shaun. They had been our neighbors this winter moored nearby in Albert Basin which had been our collective safe haven.

After being on the water for a long time, sailing almost the entire Mediterranian sea from East to West and then the North Atlantic Ocean, adjusting to land life takes some time. But it is easier to arrive in a little village then in a big town.

Its time to fullfill one of my dreams: sailing to Scotland and Ireland. Stella is flying to Bodrum on June 5 and we will leave Gulluk on June 7. The total journey is around 3400 miles. At an asumed average speed of 5 knots that is 28 days of continuous sailing. But this is Covid time….