Historically Eyemouth was a fishing village, although in recent years it has grown into a pleasant holiday destination with that typically Scottish new-town style developments on the outskirts swelling it to a small town. On the 14th October 1881 a severe storm hit the coast and 189 fishermen were lost, 129 of them from Eyemouth; …
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Lindisfarne to Eyemouth
Tucked up in bed at 0730 with a cup of tea, anchored in the Lindisfarne anchorage we are discussing our plans. We will spend today Wednesday, exploring the island and then make a bolt for Eyemouth early on Thursday because the weather is forecast to turn nasty on Friday. As any diligent crew will do …
Whitby to North Shields
Whitby certainly didn’t disappoint, we have visited so many times over the years by land, but being here with Flamingo adds a whole other dimension. We indulge ourselves for a couple of days with some significant highlights. Following a recomendation we trudge up the 199 steps to the Abbey and from there have a pleasant …
Scarborough to Whitby
I was determined to not like Scarborough because I had wanted to go straight to Whitby, but we loved it. The fact that the summer finally poked its head above the parapet may have helped, and at 11.7°C the sea was tolerable for a swim. On the morning after our arrival we set off to …
Sailing Detail
After the previous post I got a few technical sailing questions. Watch System Firstly some detail on watches. With two people aboard, on a passage up to 12 hours duration we wouldn’t have a formal watch plan, each of us will grab some sleep when it is convenient. Belinda can sleep anywhere and through anything …
Brancaster to Scarborough
By the time that we are ready to leave Brancaster, heading north on our 2024 adventure it is 16th June, and Flamingo has been in the water for the grand total of five days. I think we need more time to shake out the inevitable problems that always follow the winter break. The crew think …
2024
A great deal of water has flowed under a number of bridges since we left Flamingo with a broken wing at Fosydyke Yacht Haven in 2020. We have managed to have trips away to Suffolk, Essex and increasingly Kent each summer but no big adventure. This year however we have a plan. Having been defeated …
What have we got on the ship that does work?
With a two day, one night passage from Pin Mill to Brancaster ahead of us we are having to make plans that are constrained by a growing list of equipment failures aboard. The engine cannot be relied upon and we are going to treat it as absolute emergency use only. We are also going to …
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Hunstanton, we’ve had a problem.
One of the joys of our trips has been listening to some of the excellent podcast series that are now so easily available. One of our favourites last year was the BBC World Service’s series 13 Minutes to the moon, detailing the Apollo moon landings. It is still available and comes highly recommended by the …
Breakers at bedtime
A combination of weather and circumstance have led us to a situation where we both agree that we would like to do a little more actual sailing. Even better, sailing in the absence of gales, fog or electrical storms. It seems that our wishes may just come true, certainly regarding the quantity, if not quality …
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