Friday, 28 July 2017

Thursday - Peel to Belfast Lough (yes, I know this is out of order ...)


Leaving Peel:




Dull variables replaced by a lively south-westerly 5, made this a fairly quick passage. Becalmed for an hour near the end, mysteriously, and I motored through Donaghadee Sound. The wind returned to make a blustery anchoring in Ballyholme Bay, where I am now, writing this.

I'm heading north to Red Bay tonight and will make the hop to Scotland - probably Port Ellen - tomorrow morning.
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