The End After arriving in Cowes, I spent most of the following morning on the end of the telephone doing press and radio interviews. Amazingly, my trip had generated quite a large amount of media interest, which had built up more as I approached the finish, so we had decided to set aside a day …
Padstow to Cowes Waking up in Padstow the next morning, I felt like I in a completely different place from the day before. Arriving the previous afternoon in thick fog, I couldn’t even see past the first row of houses in the town and had been totally unaware of the beautiful surroundings of rolling green …
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Milford Haven to Padstow That night I managed no more than half an hour’s sleep before I got up and left Milford Haven. I did not actually feel very tired though because of the amount of adrenaline that was running through me. As most of the country went to sleep, at around eleven thirty Alchemy …
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Pwllheli to Milford Haven My final night in Pwllheli was spent preparing for what was going to be a pretty non-stop three days. Then, I set the alarm to screech at me at four in the morning and went to bed. The following morning the atmosphere was still and so quiet you could hear a …
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Holyhead to Pwllheli Alchemy and I found ourselves stuck in Holyhead for three days. Although it was once again very frustrating, I did get to explore Anglesey a bit which I enjoyed. I also managed to buy a heater that I could use on Alchemy when we were stopped – now that it was September …
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Bangor to Holyhead Following five days in Bangor I was quite eager to get moving again. Although I had had an amazing time, I was determined to get South. What was at the forefront of my mind was that we finally had a weather window to cross the Irish Sea from Ardglass to Holyhead… Something …
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Largs to Stranraer: Part 2 It doesn’t matter how advanced modern-day technology might end up on this planet, mother nature will always be superior. Mother nature is bigger and stronger than all of us combined, and she will always remind us that we are smaller and weaker. We had been stuck in Troon for too …
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Largs to Stranraer: Part 1 Fifty-eight knots was the maximum windspeed recorded in Largs whilst I was stopped there! Storm Francis didn’t let the forecasts down and I was glad to be in a marina instead of at sea. An extra day stopped in Largs also gave me the opportunity to meet a few people …
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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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