27th June - guest blogger - Colin

I've always been interested in boats currently owning a 33ft sailer, so on retirement the thought of more sailing was appealing. Then I had this email where Peter's sail around britain needed a crew for a couple of legs..sounds good... From Cornwall to Wales to Ireland... Still sounds OK... Over 150 miles of open sea in a piece of fiberglass 26 ft long nearly 30years old... Sounds suicidal so OK I'm up for it.
From the idyllic setting of Padstow, we anchored in a calm sheltered bay awaiting the tide; I was sea sick, an ongoing problem of mine. We crossed the Bristol channel with dolphins all the way, made it to Wales.
The crossing to Ireland started at Skomer at night in a fairly strong wind. If we could have seen the sea state another reef at least.
Made it to Arklow, no more seasickness and have had a few days enjoying the area. Today took us by bus to Wexford. Seems a lot more lively than Arklow. Lunch in a restaurant dedicated to the wild west, Jesse James, Geronimo, on the walls and they played the same C & W song over and over until Peter asked them to change the track just as we left. The burgers were massive. Back to arklow to think of my journey back to London but that's anther story.
Good luck to Calviere2 for the rest of the trip.