A brief kink in a front offered a chance to escape the dubious shelter of Baltasound, which despite the wonderful hospitality of Unst Boating Club I was very excited to escape. Trilleen and I had a storming passage upwind in 20+ knots to Lerwick, shaving the edge of Fetlar and navigating the narrow passages in … Read more
Having reached as far north as I’ll go on this trip, rounding Muckle Flugga has prompted some serious reflection about the challenges we set ourselves — as people in general, and in my case, as a disabled person. People run into trouble in the sea, in the mountains, and other extreme environments without adding extra … Read more
Trilleen and I came round Muckle Flugga, in a Muckle blow, from the south east. Achieving the turn point around Shetland’s northernmost point is the furthest north I go on this Round Britain and Ireland sail, and a point which I thought I might never reach, impeded as much by technical failures, tragedies, and self … Read more
Trilleen is finally free from Stornoway, and as I write this I’m waiting in Westray, the westernmost island in the northern group of the Orkney Islands. I’m loving being back on the water and I think the boat is loving it too. The sailing has been amazing, even if I’m still debugging some of the … Read more