Round Britain 2012 Intro

ON 5th MAY I WILL BEGIN SAILING AROUND BRITAIN CLOCKWISE FROM PWLLHELI, RETURNING IN SEPTEMBER.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL JOIN ME ALONG THE WAY AND WILL ADD THEIR EXPERIENCES TO THIS BLOG.

Wednesday 22 August 2012

Week 16 - Wednesday - St Ives

Sitting on a bench in St Ives, looking out at Crusoe Too, moored out in the harbour.

We abandoned the Scilly's due to the bad weather and decided to head here instead. The Scilly Isles will wait for a future adventure!

We had an great trip round from Penzance, the highlight for me was seeing a basking shark, feeding in the currents.

Rounding Lands End was exciting, with huge confused waves attacking us from all directions. Add to this a rain and wind squall, and we really felt that we has earned the achievement of rounding the bottom of Britain.

We met up with some friends of Paul in St Ives who showed us great hospitality at their flat here. We are meeting again today to see more of the sites of St Ives.

There is a weather lull tomorrow, so we are hoping to get to the safe harbour of Padstow, before the weather closes in again.


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