Archive For June, 2012
We were sorry to leave Arbroath as is was one of the best harbours so far on the whole trip. A gem of a place with pretty houses around the quay and a active and busy fishing harbour. The lock gates opened at 11:30 And we set off to do the 40 mile trip to […]
Aberdeen was very busy at 07:00 when we wanted to go. It was to be expected but we ended up waiting for nearly 2 hours. Sitting in a queue to leave is not what cruising is about, but it was worth going to Aberdeen to get the experience of entering and leaving a big harbour. […]
We left Peterhead at 11:30 bound for Aberdeen. It’s just David and Joe now as Andrew has left after completing the top part of the journey; Ullapool, Orkney and on to Peterhead. A few miles south of Peterhead we passed Slains Castle, near Cruden Bay, which is reputed to be Bram Stokers inspiration for Dracula. […]
A second day stormbound in Peterhead was relieved by two exciting incidents. Fog Horn Gas Alert Firstly whilst rummaging around in the cockpit under-seat locker the gas canister on a hand held air powered fog horn started to empty. This would normally not be a problem as the gas should be non flammable, but we […]
Its raining and the wind is blowing hard outside. We are stormbound in Peterhead – a large fishing port at the top northeast corner of Scotland. The marina here is well sheltered and we have the cockpit cover deployed. Nice and cosy inside. It even gives us somewhere to dry our wet clothes. Peterhead Marina […]
Left Whitehills for Peterhead at 07:00 to catch the tide east and down past Rattray Head – a notorious headland with overfalls and strong tides. Devon like coast just east of Whitehills No wind. So when we left we motor-sailed along what was a very ‘Devon like‘ coastline. Green fields above sloping cliffs. The light […]
We said goodbye to Wick after a refuling epic with containers – no alongside fuel but a very friendly harbourmaster and fuel staff – and left for Whitehills harbour on the south side of the Moray Firth. We had planned to go to Banff, but the Wick harbourmaster advised us to try Whitehills; more depth […]
We set off from Stromness at 10:30 with a dropping forecast N F4/5 bound for Wick via the notorious Pentland Firth. The wind was gusting as the showers of rain passed by. Our wind instrument has been broken for days now so the only indication of wind speed has been the look of the sea […]
We are now over half way around and have reached the Orkany Islands. A day off today saw us taking a bus to see some off sights. Skara Brae The trip took us to see Skara Brae, a 5000 year old large stone-built settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of […]
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