It takes a while after getting ashore for the world to stop moving, and until then we both have a rolling and slightly drunk-looking gait. It is a lovely reminder of our adventure, but Heroine is now 350 miles and several weekends away.We have washed a…
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Surfing Home
Peterhead towards Eyemouth, Wednesday 16th August 2006We got up this morning at 5am to catch the tide with the intention of doing a short day down the coast to Montrose or Arbroath; I rather wanted to visit the home of the smokies However, the weather …
Spice of Life
Peterhead – Tuesday 15th AugustWe spent a happy 3 hours talking to another ex-trawlerman called Alex of Scotia Charters who is convering a 24m boat into a conference ship to go on the Caledonian Canal. He has done a huge amount of work to it and we thi…
You No Eat Now You Go Now
It seems a long time since we had a meal out, and the hard tack is so old it is now mostly weevils, so we walked up the hill into the village at Buckie to find a traditional Scottish Chinese restaurant. We were not disappointed – our waiter must have b…
Staying at Home Today
The forecast was bad for today so having poked our noses over the breakwater (didn’t need to really, we can see the spray from miles away) we have decided to get some rest and look at the forecast again tomorrow.
Kismet’s… Welcome Home!!! Charlevoix, Michigan – 7/1/06
We are so excited to be coming home to Charlevoix, all of our friends and family. We got quite a reception from our boating buddies at the bridge as we approached. It was fun to see them run from there to our slip to help us dock. Our friendly harbor m…
Last Day – Mackinaw Island, Michigan USA – 6/30/06
This was, for us, two days of winding down, reflection and some private celebrating before we set off on the last leg of our trip, to Charlevoix.We took a long hike around the upper Island and had, at our favorite lunch restaurant, bloody Mary’s. Then …
Mackinaw Island, Michigan USA – 6/29-30/06
We left in somewhat rough waters but not too bad. We were surprised by how many empty slips in Mackinaw Island. They are usually full this time of year. We arrived late afternoon as one of our engines was acting up, we think from some bad gas we got a …
Presque Isle, Michigan USA – 6/28/06
We left Wednesday morning to cross Lake Huron. We got up about 5:00 and left our anchorage with a beautiful sunrise and mostly clear skies, calm waters for the most part but heavy fog a few miles out that lasted until we were almost on top of Presque I…
