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Well we did it, home at last! An 05.30 start gave us the last of the ebb out of Pyefleet Creek, the Rivers Colne and Blackwater and across the Spitway…

We are now about a day or two from completing our circumnavigation of Great Britain. It may take a day or two longer as strong South Westerlies are forecast at…

Another early morning saw us slipping our lines at 05.30. The tide was just ebbing so it carried us away from the silent Wells quay that will be buzzing again…

An early start was necessary to leave Spurn Point in time to reach Wells Next The Sea about an hour before HW. The alarm went at 04.30 after a disturbed…

After waiting for the tide to rise sufficiently to lift the boats from the mud and to give enough clearance to get into the deeper water of the harbour we…

We set off from Whitby on the last bridge opening for the morning tide at 10.30. We didn’t want to leave any earlier as our destination Bridport is only accessible…

After locking out of Hartlepool Harbour marina we crossed the busy Tees Estuary with the sprawling industrial expanse of Teeside. We actually had a breeze on the beam all the…

This was a fairly uninteresting leg of the journey. We departed the very commercial harbour at Blyth with its huge Oil and Gas rig support ships. I was confused as…

A very uneventful day, other than Summer seemed to arrive in Scotland….At last. There was one drawback, no wind, so we motored the whole way, but just 24Nm to Whitehills.…

Helmsdale is another amazingly friendly place. Walking around the village everyone says “hello” or starts to chat. After a fairly stressful day on Sunday trying to clear the rope from…