It takes a while after getting ashore for the world to stop moving, and until then we both have a rolling and slightly drunk-looking gait. It is a lovely reminder of our adventure, but Heroine is now 350 miles and several weekends away.We have washed a…

Peterhead towards Eyemouth, Wednesday 16th August 2006We got up this morning at 5am to catch the tide with the intention of doing a short day down the coast to Montrose or Arbroath; I rather wanted to visit the home of the smokies However, the weather …

Peterhead – Tuesday 15th AugustWe spent a happy 3 hours talking to another ex-trawlerman called Alex of Scotia Charters who is convering a 24m boat into a conference ship to go on the Caledonian Canal. He has done a huge amount of work to it and we thi…

It seems a long time since we had a meal out, and the hard tack is so old it is now mostly weevils, so we walked up the hill into the village at Buckie to find a traditional Scottish Chinese restaurant. We were not disappointed – our waiter must have b…

The forecast was bad for today so having poked our noses over the breakwater (didn’t need to really, we can see the spray from miles away) we have decided to get some rest and look at the forecast again tomorrow.