I was thinking about my father as we left the Eastern Isles. It would have been his birthday today, and I think he would have liked it here. He could have sat in one of the cottage gardens on St Martin's and had his birthday coffee in the afternoon sun. Strawberry cake and with black … Continue reading Scillonian Wanderings on Bryher and Samson
Sunday 11th July - A 'Lively' Sail to Newlyn 'It's a bit rougher than I anticipated', says The Skipper as Idun again thumps down hard after a wave. 'Where do these swells come from?' he asks a bit later as we sway majestically in the 2m+ long swells. 'Predictwind must have got it a bit … Continue reading A Scilly Encore
Sunday 4th July: Leaving Scilly behind We don't really want to leave Scilly, it's too soon. Though we prepared for an eventual sail last night, and after a real think in the morning we decided that the possibility of this storm moving just 50miles north would mean we’d be right in the thick of it, … Continue reading Floating on Cornish Rivers
Thursday, 1st July: Teän A very calm day so this was the perfect time for Dominic to fly the drone and the small island of Teän right next to us seemed a very good spot. We kayaked round and Birgitta settled on the sandy beach while Dominic went up the nearest hill and got everything … Continue reading Isles of Scilly – Teän and St Martin’s
Monday, 28th June: to St Helen's Pool We weighed anchor just before 6pm and set off from The Cove to go to St Helen's Pool on the rising tide. Dominic had planned the trip very carefully, including the traditional transit lines that we would use today (on top of the modern chart plotter!). It was … Continue reading Isles of Scilly – St Helen’s Island and Tresco
Saturday 26th June: The Cove, St Agnes and Gugh We both feel it’s time to move on, so set off in the morning and motored over to The Cove, between Gugh and St Agnes. We’re anchored just by a large gullery and you can see and hear them clearly. When you're eating chips in a … Continue reading Isles of Scilly – St Agnes and Gugh
Tuesday, 22nd June - Sailing to the Isles of Scilly Our planned sailto the Isles of ScillyMorning has broken Phew, we made it! We have reached our goal of the season and are now anchored in Porthcressa by St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. We got up nice and early (hoping that the boat … Continue reading Isles of Scilly – Walking on St Mary’s
“As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday.”― Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography Saturday 12th June: Studland Bay to Weymouth – on The Jurassic Coast Birgitta started the day with writing – and finally sent off … Continue reading To the Isles of Scilly – Studland to St Mawes
Yet again Scandinavia and the Baltic will have to wait for another year as the complications of Brexit and Covid and the un-known of how Birgitta will cope with the sailing healthwise, are more than we're prepared to deal with. There are hardier people than us that are still trying, but we decided we'll head … Continue reading To the Isles of Scilly – Medway to Studland
Idun sat happily in Chatham Marina in Kent where we very luckily could stay on the events pontoon for the duration of May. We lived there half the time and went back and forth to our land home when needed either for work for Dominic or archaeology for Birgitta and of course our very important … Continue reading A Month in Chatham
