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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Gale warning - Hebrides

We put off making any decision on leaving Kyleakin until we had a weather forecast. It wasn't good. We could possibly have headed for Portree, but once there, we would be on a mooring buoy. We did consider going, and staying in B&B, but in the end we stayed put on the pontoon in Kyleakin.
The wind whistled over the top of us.
We went into Harry's cafe at the top of the pontoon ramp. He cooked a really substantial breakfast with all the trimmings. Whilst in the cafe we booked a tour of the island by coach for tomorrow.
We did a full circuit of Kyleakin, in sunshine, bought a Sunday paper and settled back onboard.
We did sort out the genoa, where it had came unwrapped from the drum on the trip up from Mallaig. We also managed to correct the wind direction instrument. This was followed by a cheese & oat cake lunch, read of the paper and an afternoon nap.
After the Archers, we walked up the road in the rain to Saucy Mary's where we both had the Seafood Chowder, seated next to the fire. I followed my chowder with steamed Isle of Skye langoustines and David had the haggis. This was followed by the single malts, David had the Glenfiddich and I had the Laphroaig, from The Isle of Islay, which was smokey and peaty.





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