Newlyn to Falmouth (£7 to boil the kettle) Spoiler alert- I’m writing this from France on our ‘rest day’. I’ll pick up where we left off: ‘waiting for a weather window’ in Newlyn (or ‘lazing around’ by its less formal definition). We have two bikes stashed on board, both folding Bromptons, one elderly cast-off andContinue reading “Barberry Goes Home”
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Doom Bar, Emmets, and Drowned Rats
We spent a week in Padstow, not because we were stormbound but because we were having such a lovely time. Barberry was tied up to the harbour wall, right in the heart of this picturesque little Cornish town, and we often overheard some fascinating snatches of conversation between the tourists, sitting on the benches justContinue reading “Doom Bar, Emmets, and Drowned Rats”
Stormbound — but that’s not the whole story…
Another Fraser’s-eye view of our adventures. Well, the forecast did not change, and we stayed in Neyland Marina for a week. Did you see Pembrokeshire and Cornwall on the news with the big storms and waves that would have swallowed our wee boat? We had plenty of time on our hands but have to admitContinue reading “Stormbound — but that’s not the whole story…”
Remind me why we’re doing this again?
We ask ourselves why on earth we thought we, a pair of oldies, could possibly be capable of a voyage like this.
On Our Way
Fraser’s-eye view of the adventure Cover picture: Sunday 2nd April 2023, 03.54 am. Ghosting past Donaghadee, a village that has made us welcome since we moved there in December. It seemed to represent our last link with safety and security as we cut all our ties and escaped to freedom. That’s us away now. AfterContinue reading “On Our Way”