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Julian and Sue invite you to join them as
they explore the UK coastline on board
their Najad 373 ‘Angelique‘
Epiblogue to Angelique’s adventure.
Now at home, I have a moment to reflect on the last few months. I sat down with a pen and paper to write something but somehow words failed me, so I’ve reverted to the little screen of my iPhone which feels right. What I want to say most of all is a huge thank…
Monday 29 August. Millport to Troon. 15 nm and home.
Today’s the day we head home. Only 3 hours and our 4 and a half month journey will be at it’s end. The day dawns bright. A little wind, puffy clouds and pale blue late summer skies. The wind was kind enough to enable us to sail albeit slowly, most of the way home. Never…
Sunday 28 August. Scalpsie bay to Millport. 8 nm.
A short hop. We’re on our way back to Troon tomorrow. The end of our journey. No wind to speak of. It was lovely just to be up early. The wind had gone round to the NE in the night, as forecast. We upped the anchor and motored out. We had bacon and egg sandwiches…
Saturday 27 August. Lochranza to Scalpsie bay , Bute. 10 nm.
It couldn’t have been a more peaceful night, or a more perfect morning. The sky was bright blue without a cloud… at least to begin with. The sun was shining and the water was like a mill pond. Pretty unusual for this area! There is purple heather and bright green bracken covered hills, together with…
Friday 26 August . Cambletown to Lochranza . Arran. 26 nm
A bit of a cloudy start. The “tea on the quay “ cafe was doing a roaring trade and Cambletown is making a big effort in its floral displays. Julian disappeared to try and find gaz, whilst Alice and I went to the coop. Sadly Julian has no luck, so we’re just hoping our gaz…
Thursday 25 August. Ballyhome to Cambletown. 53 nm .
Leaving Ireland behind us seemed poignant. Originally our intention had been to go to Glenarm first and then across to Scotland. But the weather forecast was for a decreasing amount of wind over the next few days so we thought it best to use what there was. It didn’t really turn out to be the…
Wednesday 24 August. Bangor to Ballyhome bay. 3 nm
The weather has really cheered up.! It’s now a lovely temperature with blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Some breeze just fluttering all the flags on the boats . We have four courtesy flags up, but I am sad I didn’t get one from Scilly to complete the set. ☹️Bangor is a large marina with…
Tuesday 23 August. Ardglass to Bangor. 35 nm
A bright morning! All our fellow sailors had left by the time we were ready to go. Presumably getting the south going tide. The sea was still a bit roly to start with. Put the main up and motored for a while. It became obvious that the only sailing we could do would be under…
Monday 22 August. Peel IOM to Ardglass. 33 nm
The morning dawned rubbish. Grey dark and drizzling. A bit “North east coast “ . We got up at 0700 and got everything ready to leave. Alice and Will arrived just after 9 am. We had to get out on the half hour bridge opening, within 2 hours of high water. Actually because it was…
Sunday 21 August. Peel ….. still.
It’s our last day on the island and an exciting one! Alice is getting the ferry over from Liverpool and we’re meeting Wills family. The morning dawned beautiful! A cloudless blue sky and sunshine. It’s definitely not as hot as a week ago and there’s that little feeling in the air that summer is on…
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