Padstow is one of those cute little fishing towns you find on postcards. We’ve been before as tourists and there is always the constant flow of people around the harbour. Unfortunately this visit we entered at dusk and were up early to prepare for the long day ahead. We did get the most important stop in though, our last call for pasties. Or at least for this trip. Made sure we had enough for both lunch and dinner, because you can never have enough of these meat filled, hold in your hand, full of onion, pepper and swede pies. (In case you can’t tell, I’m a big fan).
Our initial thoughts were to head to Lundy, an island 60nm away mid-way between Cornwall and Wales, with the intention of heading to Milford Haven the following day. However, a last minute look at the forecast showed we may get stuck there with the upcoming change to northerly winds. We therefore changed course and headed straight across to Wales! We’re hoping to visit all countries in the United Kingdom as part of this trip, but so far we’ve only been in England. Excited to finally make it to another one, starting to feel like we’re making progress.
It’s quite an open stretch of water we crossed. We only saw one other sailboat until we reached the entrance to the harbour on the other side. We did however see lots and lots of dolphins! Some were following the boat for a little bit, popping up just long enough for us to take a few snaps. Another came up right next to Islay’s foot, then swam along for a little bit next to the foil. It was so close you could see it’s eye and individual markings. Unfortunately the sound of it’s breath shocked her so much she fell off the foil, hopefully missing the animal below. (Couldn’t tell as it was gone by the time she surfaced).
At first we were all a little disappointed to be missing Lundy as we were all excited to see the puffins. But one by one throughout the day each of us spotted one. Success! Until this trip neither Jeremy or Islay had ever seen one in the wild, so if the long distance we managed to cover today wasn’t enough, these sightings also made our day. Looking forward to a rest tomorrow!
A private post
Lundy, an island only 3x 5/8 miles and with a population of 28, operates the world’s oldest private postal service. When the national official post closed it’s operation on the island in 1929, the then owner, Martin Coles Harman started carrying the post himself. However due to the increase volume and cost, he introduced the Lundy Stamp. This originally had to be affixed to the back of the mail, with the front reserved for the regular UK stamp, however since 1974, the lundy charge or “puffinage” has covered the mainland cost as well. Since its introduction ~350 Lundy stamps have been issued, many of them now highly collectible, with some 40,000 pieces of mail sent from the island eaech year
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| Days since start of trip | 49 |
| Number of Kiting Days | 20 |
| Distance Travelled Today | 66 nm |
| Distance Kited Today | 90 nm |
| Time spent kiting today | 8 hrs |
| Total Distance Travelled | 693 nm |
| Total Distance Kited | 839 nm |
| Total Kiting time | 100 hrs 16 mins |
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