Lerwick, United Kingdom

... on, a small trawler appeared and crossed in front. It transpired that he had seen us (he came and introduced himself in Lerwick a couple of days later) and a collision was never likely, but it certainly got the adrenalin going!   We'd decided, ...

It was a beautiful summer's morning - what joy! We'd decided to stay for the day and explore the archaeological sites in the area. Two are of worldwide importance, one called Jarlshof and one called Old Scatness Broch and Iron Age village. However, we had ...

... and indeed, that's what happened. We had to engine all the way, which meant that rather than the original plan of arriving at Lerwick round about 7 or 8 pm, we were still 20 miles away at 7 o'clock, doing less that 2 knots over the ground as we crawled ...

Having had a super day yesterday, it was time to make for our intended destination, Lerwick. The weather had reverted to type somewhat, in that it was cloudy and grey but at least the wind was at acceptable F3-4 levels. We were off at 10:00 and sailing up ...