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On the run from winter!
... headwind. We feel a little like we’ve missed the end of the season, not only is the weather taking a cold turn but the people have all but disappeared. Many of the camp grounds where we plan to stay are now shut and the ones where we do stay are all empty. The camp grounds are really pretty awesome and you can tell that in the summer holidays they would ...
Ventspils
... and he lives in Corinda - basically down the street from where I lived! - small world.
Ventspils is a fairly popular tourist spot for the locals and is also a major port for oil from Russia. Around the city is a large amount of parks with many novely oversided statues. Apart from relaxing on the beach and wandering the different parks I didn't do too much here.
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Day Trip to Europe's Widest Waterfall
The plan for the day was to catch a bus to town, then another one to take us 56km to Koldiga, to visit the town but more importantly, to see that which is reputed to be Europe's widest waterfall. So, armed with the 'pucca’ timetable, we set off to the bus stop in plenty of time to catch the 09:39 into Ventspils, which would connect us to the 10:15 to Koldiga (the only bus that day). By 09:55, too late to walk to Ventspils and ...
Rain & Wind
... br> After a wander around Ventspils, a nice airy town but quite modern, we did a bit of shopping then headed back to the boat, via the no. 20 which arrived bang on the (proper) scheduled time. We then spent the evening chatting to various people on Skype and Julie got her Casualty fix. A nice day despite the iffy weather. So much so, especially as the weather is not supposed to be any better tomorrow, we decided to stay another ...
Challenging trip to Ventspils
... there is nowhere else in this stretch of coast so make do is the only attitude that makes sense.
We set off at 08:45 in light SE winds (forecast was for SW) and with low cloud and dark, threatening skies behind us. By 10:00 it was raining very hard and visibility was down to less than 200m, so the radar was switched on. This, together with the AIS system, gives us protection against larger vessels but small (ie poor radar ...
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