Kirkwall, United Kingdom

... , which slowed us down significantly. Now the worry we had was that if the tide turned whilst we were in the Sound and approaching Kirkwall, then we would be popped back out into the sea as the currents are up to 7 knots in the overfall area of the Sound. ...

We were off to Fair Isle at 08:15. There was no, or little wind but the forecast was promising some wind later in the 24 hours and there was some chance that we would get some during our journey. In fact, it didn't happen until the last hour or so and we ...

Our Dutch friends were, at least, consistent, in that they woke us up at 5:00 with their size 13 feet trampling everywhere. Last night I said they were nice guys, I still think they are, honestly! Seriously, we saw them off safely, had another couple of ...

The wind was still with us when we woke up. The sky was cloud-laden and rain was threatening. In short, a morning for doing not very much other than catch up on the blog and read the Sunday papers.   In the afternoon, we visited St Magnus' ...