Expedition
Farm yard noises at sea
If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. And so we did. We waited in the dinghy for three, one hour slots today hoping for the wind to come in. First we tried in the bay between Tresco and Read more…
If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. And so we did. We waited in the dinghy for three, one hour slots today hoping for the wind to come in. First we tried in the bay between Tresco and Read more…
During the night we had the edge of Storm Hector come over bringing 35knot winds and a 12ft swell. Compared to Ireland and Scotland this was nothing but it meant we were storm bound in the Scillies for the day. Read more…
Joe cooked an extra large pot of porridge this morning as we were hoping to make it back across to the northern coast of Cornwall today. With the wind forecasted to blow up heavily overnight we knew we’d have to Read more…
With the wind in all day, and us having decided in advance that today wasn’t going to be a travelling day – due to the upcoming storm – we had a slow start. Despite it being a Tuesday, it felt Read more…
Today was a day for “I spy”, we saw everything! What a day! We started off in Marazion, anchored in the shadow of St. Michael’s Mount, then heading off around the corner towards Porthcurno we approached the HMS Queen Elizabeth, Read more…
We spent the night on anchor right next to St Michaels Mount. With no wind in the morning we headed to the Mount to explore. The Island is connected by a causeway for 4 out of every 12hrs. It is Read more…
Our start point this morning was Fraggle Rock. Some of us will remember this from childhood as the popular TV series with the same name. For some reason I’d remembered it as being underneath a tree not a lighthouse. We Read more…
First thing I did last night when we arrived in Falmouth was laundry. It’s worrying when the highlight of the day is clean clothes and a hot shower – sometimes in life its the small luxuries that make the difference. Read more…
Today we had our friend Howard join us kiting from Salcombe to Plymouth. Great to have him along, and the nice guy that he is, he even wrote the blog for us today. Howard, you’re welcome back anytime. I was Read more…
After such an early morning yesterday, today’s 10:30 start felt like complete luxury. So was a day on land exploring how to make gin at Salcombe Gin Co. We split into two teams, team Mactaggart (Jeremy and Islay’s family name) Read more…