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It was another grey morning. We saw our pals on Flying boat set off about 0830 headed for Wick. They had been with us since Lochalsh . We kept an eye on them all day … on marine traffic. They arrived 9 pm. We set off st 9 so as to get the tide goingContinue reading “Saturday 14 May. Stromness to Periowall, Westray . 40 nm”

Our last holiday day here! And a very soggy one! We returned our hire car to Kirkwall via a look at the marina there. Always easier coming into a marina if you’re familiar with its layout. Kirkwall is beautiful with the huge red stone cathedral at its centre. As it was so wet we hadContinue reading “Friday 13 May. Stromness.”

Second day of sightseeing. Today’s goals ; to take in the south coast road and see the islands south of Kirkwall. A gloomy day with grey skies so we were very pleased to have the comfort and warmth of the car. Driving south past the ferry terminal at Houton we could see an oil? rigContinue reading “Thursday 12 May. Stromness.”

A good day sightseeing! We got the 940 x1 bus to Kirkwall and picked up our little red hire car from Orkney car rental who were very efficient. The island of mainland is not that big but there’s a lot to see so we just concentrated on West mainland today. First heading northeast, we stoppedContinue reading “Wednesday 11 May. Stromness.”

Today was largely spent doing laundry. The toilets showers and laundry are in the ferry terminal building and although there is a code to get in; you can just get in through the door to the ticket office. Since there was only one washing machine and one tumble drier, this meant that they were continuallyContinue reading “Tuesday 10 May . Stromness”

Alarm went off at 0400 and by 5 we had successfully upped our anchor and we were away. It was raining and a bit windy even in the sheltered bay so we put one reef in the main and motored our past the Rabbit Islands. Tides are strong in this part of the country soContinue reading “Monday 9 May. Talmine bay to Stromness 47 nm”

I have been thinking about this particular trip for about 3 years.. ever since we decided to do this. So quite a strange and exciting feeling when the morning eventually happened. The alarm went off at 6 as we had to be away by 8 am in order to get to Cape Wrath at slackContinue reading “Sunday 8 May. Kinlochbervie to Talmine bay in the Kyle of Tongue 36 nm”

I’m not going to write much but will post the pictures of our lovely day. I’m a little ( understatement) nervous of the next 48 hours till we arrive in Stromness, Orkney. Today dawned bright and sunny transforming Kinlochbervie into a magical place. We noticed that the main pontoon was completely empty so decided toContinue reading “Saturday 7 May. Kinlochbervie”

Waking up at 6 am to hear pouring rain and wind, I was very thankful to not be going anywhere! We spent the morning doing stuff on board as the weather wasn’t very pleasant. Julian poured over charts, almanacs and tide tables whilst I wrote postcards and letters to family. I also spent a whileContinue reading “Friday 6 May. Kinlochbervie”

Not an inviting day. Couldn’t have started more dreak. Getting up 7 ish we needed to go the the harbour office to pay our dues and also 🤞 pick up our new clevis pin. Amazingly it had arrived! mr HM was a very jolly chap who did our little paper receipt for our berth, theContinue reading “Thursday 5 May. Lochinver to Kinlochbervie. 35 nm”