Saturday, 2 July 2011
We have spent most the afternoon sailing
Finally we've been able to do some sailing. Little in the way of breeze but beautifully flat water in the Sound of Sleat. Having made a quick diesel stop in Armadale we are making the short hop across to The Old Forge at Inverie which claims to be mainland Britain's most remote pub, as featured in Three Men in Another Boat. I'm not expecting mobile reception so photo to follow!
Will it fit?!
Can't believe that its been over 3 weeks since we sailed under in the other direction. Hope we are back again before too long.....
Acairseid Mhor, Rona
All of a sudden we are back in the thick of it. We've not really seen many boats at all, except when we have visited the likes of Stromness or Lerwick so it came as a bit of a shock to arrive into this anchorage this evening and have to refresh our south coast anchoring skills, there were 7 other boats here and there are now 8. Still its another fabulous spot and I hope we've managed to find a suitable space!
Visitors
Our afternoon was brightened up by the spotting of dome dolphins approx 100m away making their way across the Inner Sound towards Skye, sadly they weren't in a sociable mood. About an hour later the first mate heard a splash and before we knew it we were inundated with dolphins. They spent 10-15 minutes darting back and forward across our bow and jumping out of the water. As you might imagine this was all too much for a certain sea spaniel who literally couldn't contain himself!
Friday, 1 July 2011
A lovely day.
Another beautiful day here. We even sailed a whole 11nm in 3 hours until ee had to concede defeat and use the engine once more (who said sailing wasn't Eco friendly?!).
Considered numerous plans and have decided to head for Acairseid on Rona.
Tomorrow we will head back to the Skye Bridge and Kyle Rhea, submarines permitting!
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