Storm Ellen kept us gale-bound in Oban for 5 days. It was frustrating not to be making any progress, however, I was satisfied with having reached the milestone of the West coast of Scotland. Our route down the West coast of the UK looked uncertain. Covid-19 border rules meant that I would not be able …
The Caledonian canal Having stayed the night in Inverness, Alchemy and I were the first ones to enter the sea lock (the entrance into the canal) the following morning. I was eager to start moving through the canal as quickly as possible… especially now I had realised that we had a total of twenty-nine locks …
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East Coast: Stonehaven to Inverness Twenty hours later, Stonehaven came into sight and we were soon tying up against the harbour wall. It proved to be a very long and tiring passage as we lost the breeze during the night – it was a struggle to just keep the boat moving! I was now in …
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East Coast: Eyemouth to Stonehaven – A passage of reflection I don’t think there is a shade of orange to adequately describe the colour of a sunset. Google claims that sunsets are a “pale tint of orange”, however I believe that is much too vague! Mind, what do I know, I am by no means …
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East coast: Grimsby to Eyemouth Over the next legs I was absolutely overwhelmed by huge amounts of kindness and generosity from random strangers who went out of their ways to help me on this amazing adventure I had embarked upon. To sail around Britain solo. Our stay in Grimsby was prolonged for an extra day …
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East Coast: Ramsgate to Grimsby Five days after setting off we came into Ramsgate, this was our first milestone of the trip as it meant that we had cleared the English channel and were now on the East Coast! As it turned out, we ended up stuck in Ramsgate for a day due to headwinds, …
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This summer I set off on an incredible voyage where I met some of the most amazing people, sailed the most picturesque of places and was pushed to find new limits. On the 16th July 2020 I set off from Hamble Point Marina on my Hunter Impala 28 (Alchemy) to sail round Britain. Solo. My …
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