tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:48:17 +0000http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Andy)Blogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-1559538151924016593Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:58:00 +00002008-10-15T00:45:59.532-07:00<div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"><span class="546122413-13102008">Moondance rested for a few weeks in the river Crouch, gathering a few choice botanical specimens on her underside, until last week when a crack crew consisting of Francoise, Peter, Antarctic Andy and Greg beat around the Forelands and down channel to Moondance's new home in the river Itchen. Hopefully that's the last time for a good while that she'll have to do the dreaded Channel slog.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span> </div><span style=";font-family:'Courier New';font-size:8;" ><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Courier New';font-size:8;" ><a href="http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/"></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=";font-family:'Courier New';font-size:8;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p></span><span style=";font-family:'Courier New';font-size:8;" ><p></p></span>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/10/new-home-for-moondance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-5150325807598079007Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:05:00 +00002008-10-15T00:56:04.297-07:0051 38.2N 000 40.7E 2750miles and 140 days after leaving Devon, Moondance &amp; crew arrive at North Fambridge, almost a year since setting off. Champagne reception.<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<br />TextMagic - reply to this email to send a text message <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/">http://www.textmagic.com</a></p><p>Download new TextMagic Messenger for PC or Mac: <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage">http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage</a></p>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-51-382n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-3657779709777774437Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:37:00 +00002008-10-15T00:55:22.960-07:003/3. Catherine &amp; kind taxi man John reappear and in the distance we see Donald, valiantly rowing back against the tide in the dinghy, found upstream. Hurrah!<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<br />TextMagic - reply to this email to send a text message <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/">http://www.textmagic.com</a></p><p>Download new TextMagic Messenger for PC or Mac: <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage">http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage</a></p>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-33.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-7960320269758859353Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:23:00 +00002008-10-15T00:54:35.836-07:002/3. We hail water taxi who takes us to MD, then Donald &amp; Catherine go with taxi on midnight search. A&amp;I pray, ask around anxiously and contemplate our loss.<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<br />TextMagic - reply to this email to send a text message <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/">http://www.textmagic.com</a></p><p>Download new TextMagic Messenger for PC or Mac: <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage">http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage</a></p>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-23-we.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-3355770062609669094Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:12:00 +00002008-10-15T00:54:15.802-07:00Dark and late, we emerge from a lively evening in pub, to discover that the dinghy, built by Adrian all last winter, and our means of returning to MD, has gone.<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<br />TextMagic - reply to this email to send a text message <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/">http://www.textmagic.com</a></p><p>Download new TextMagic Messenger for PC or Mac: <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage">http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage</a></p>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-dark-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-4275571252392538811Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:17:00 +00002008-10-15T00:53:56.605-07:0051 48.2N 001 01.3E Brightlingsea. Adrian &amp; Catherine get up at 4am to catch tide. Arrived by 10am. Yesterday lazy, muddy, fungi day in Pin Mill.<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<br />TextMagic - reply to this email to send a text message <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/">http://www.textmagic.com</a></p><p>Download new TextMagic Messenger for PC or Mac: <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage">http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage</a></p>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-51-482n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-3192680379012302215Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:15:00 +00002008-10-15T00:53:28.017-07:0051 58.3N 001 16.5E Felixstowe-River Orwell. Long tedious sail past Sizewell power station, enlivened by dicing with UK's largest container terminal at 11pm.<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<br />TextMagic - reply to this email to send a text message <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/">http://www.textmagic.com</a></p><p>Download new TextMagic Messenger for PC or Mac: <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage">http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage</a></p>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-51-583n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-8900420389477004487Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:52:00 +00002008-10-15T00:52:31.118-07:0052 28.30N 001 45.10E Lowestoft, after good speedy passage. UK's most easterly point rather less picturesque than its other cardinal points. No-one sick!<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<br />TextMagic - reply to this email to send a text message <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/">http://www.textmagic.com</a></p><p>Download new TextMagic Messenger for PC or Mac: <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage">http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage</a></p>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-52-2830n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-6830462269045287117Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-10-15T00:51:28.337-07:0054 00.9N 000 00.0E Have crossed Greenwich Meridian. We are now in Orient. Heading for East Anglia. Gannet colony on most northerly chalk cliff.<p>_______________________________________________________________________________<br />TextMagic - reply to this email to send a text message <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/">http://www.textmagic.com</a></p><p>Download new TextMagic Messenger for PC or Mac: <a href="http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage">http://www.textmagic.com/en/products/MagicMessage</a></p>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-54-009n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-8346060545287498701Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:24:00 +00002008-08-26T00:51:35.895-07:0054 17.0N 000 23.4W<br />Scarborough. V excitin start2 trip,F5 turns out 2be nearly F8 so boat almost parallel2 water.Bilges full of nasty but all cheerful anyway. Chttp://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-54-170n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-1096845411465445217Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:04:00 +00002008-08-26T00:48:17.971-07:0054 29.0N 000 36.7W<br />Adrian is hobbling like a cripple after strenuous dancing with Hammersmith Morris. He has also stubbed his toe. Time to return to sea to resthttp://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-54-290n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-511579559789089169Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:13:00 +00002008-08-22T04:20:04.374-07:00Well, we have been in Whitby for a week now, in a whirl of concerts, ceilidhs, workshops (with no tools), lectures, dance displays, sea shanties, sessions, rain and chips.<br>It has been wonderful to see lots of friends here:<br>The entire French family buying and playing a great array of musical instruments (two of them, Ela and Lucy, were our last crew); Megan and Dave, who cycled over two hundred miles through the rain from the other coast to get to Whitby; Mark and Lesley, who we last saw in Stornaway; Jeremy and Becky, who we last saw in Thurso; Fleecy Sarah, who we last saw in Tobermory; Bob, who we last saw in Fort William; Ali and Mike (not a couple), who we last saw in the Scillies; Adrian&#39;s parents, who we last saw in Plymouth.<br>So now we await the next crew arriving on Sunday and we&#39;ll see how far South we get in a week.<p>Lucy<p>-----------------------------------------<br>Email sent from <a href="http://www.virginmedia.com/emailVirus-checked">www.virginmedia.com/email<br>Virus-checked</a> using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spamhttp://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/whitby-folk-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-6096149571871523713Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:06:00 +00002008-08-22T03:31:59.623-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">Glorious new vistas opened before us as we sailed up Loch Ness.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000271-774796.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000271-774779.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was surprisingly cold and lumpy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000275-762318.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000275-762312.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Who says there are no monsters?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000243-783453.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000243-783449.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Unfortunately Rosemary couldn't bring her double bass, so Adrian made one for her. The mast room makes an effective soundboard, but it could take a while to get used to the tuning...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000264-789195.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000264-789192.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lucy and Adrian sing us a miserable song.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000258-789156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000258-789152.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This one is evidently more cheerful.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000266-773880.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000266-773876.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bob is a fine storyteller.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000252-783537.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000252-783534.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We climbed the staircase of locks at picturesque Fort Augustus, where the residents kindly put on a ceilidh for us.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000282-762353.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000282-762349.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some of us went exploring ashore.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000297-796981.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000297-796975.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The swallows nesting under the pontoons did a fine job of gobbling up midges.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000302-797029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000302-797025.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Moondance was still in impressive shape after three months at sea.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000308-746003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000308-745998.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Freshly rescued from the murky depths of the canal, the bike came in very useful for gathering wild raspberries.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000312-746053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000312-746046.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The highest part of the canal is only about 34 metres above sea level, but feels much higher.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000316-789074.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000316-789069.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Some canal users chose less conventional means of transport.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000319-789115.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000319-789110.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sunny Loch Oich...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000325-726975.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000325-726972.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />complete with ruined castle.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000329-727025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000329-727011.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Whatever Adrian was doing to Lucy...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000334-703132.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000334-703066.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />she obviously didn't mind all that much!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000335-703175.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000335-703172.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Snowy Ben Nevis loomed majestically ahead of us as we crossed Loch Lochy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000377-705166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000377-705161.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />We persisted in sailing, despite incredibly fluky winds...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000339-773997.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000339-773994.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />while 'flying saucer' clouds formed astern.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000351-774038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/uploaded_images/P1000351-774035.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/rachels-pics-of-caledonian-canal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-6393801357393069470Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:20:00 +00002008-08-22T03:06:31.911-07:00Arrived Whitby for a whole week of folk, in both senses. Lovely sail here inc first whale (minke) of voyage, then tea party for 14 on arrival. Even saw the sun.http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-arrived.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-506239865920206695Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:50:00 +00002008-08-21T10:06:29.361-07:0054 41.4N 001 12.0W<br />Hartlepool. Lovely sailing today. Exciting heeling Moondance, leaping fish. Tim is an honoured guest and we therefore got our berth for free!http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-54-414n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-731575889248008070Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:39:00 +00002008-08-21T10:05:42.267-07:0054 55.1N 001 22.0W<br />Sunderland. Two puffins &amp; more seals wooshing through the Farnes. Porridge stayed down...but not much else. :-@ Lucy Fhttp://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-54-551n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-5463406913388162958Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:35:00 +00002008-08-21T10:05:01.536-07:00Tues. First toilet trouble of the voyage. Tim valiantly volunteers to investigate. An eel is found jammed between the valves, now dead. Too small to eat.http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-tues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-8746736078879082097Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:31:00 +00002008-08-12T08:37:22.111-07:0055 40.0N 001 47.7W<br />Holy Island. Drizzly, dull sail North. Now at anchor surrounded by seals, but no puffins. Expecting strong wind. Eating good cake made by Elahttp://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-55-400n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-7628180270884050801Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:24:00 +00002008-08-12T08:38:03.567-07:0055 20.2N 001 35.0W<br />Amble. Rainy day in exciting Newcastle (by bus &amp; metro), kites, quayside, left Clive at station, ferry. Evening flat-out motor North again.http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-55-202n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-268295046420072454Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:31:00 +00002008-08-12T08:38:44.774-07:00quite hard work overnight. No-one slept because of rolling motion and rain made steering dull. Andy pedalled off this morning to run West Highland Way. Sigh...http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-quite.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-7127930952734501193Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:27:00 +00002008-08-12T08:41:37.142-07:0055 07.18N 001 29.74W<br />River Tweed in spate, unable 2 enter Berwick. Instead used strong N wind 2 whoosh south to Blyth. Awaiting weather change decide next move.http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-55-0718n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-67969348770525246Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:21:00 +00002008-08-12T08:41:12.230-07:0055 48.0N 001 42.0W<br />Back in England after 3 months away. Surfing downhill overnight.http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-55-480n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-7359637775867843604Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:40:00 +00002008-08-12T08:43:25.536-07:0056 57.6N 002 12.0W<br />Stonehaven. Faster, rainy downwind progress since corner. Dice with oil rig boats off Aberdeen. Into harbour 11pm, damp &amp; stinky. Porridge.http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-56-576n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-6656762189110116657Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:09:00 +00002008-08-12T08:44:04.752-07:0057 42.4N 002 00.0W<br />Finally going round the bend after 28 hours beating to windward. Large seal colony on firing range &amp; an appearance by Moray Firth Dolphins.http://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/text-message-from-07812935304-57-424n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038332965847162557.post-2875172161641807005Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:15:00 +00002008-08-04T08:15:27.453-07:00We have been on holiday for a week, so no blog recently, gradually working our way back down the Caledonian Canal to Inverness. We have had a nice time with scenic walks (although bitten by monstrous insects on Rannoch Moor) and train jouneys. We have met some lovely Germans on their way back from the Carribean, also tandemers.<br>We now have our webmaster Andy on board and are awaiting Tim M and Clive M before heading for England. I wasn&#39;t looking forward to going back out to sea after two peaceful weeks in inland waters, but as soon as we left the canal at lunchtime today, dolphins appeared as if to welcome us back to sea.<br>Lucy<p>-----------------------------------------<br>Email sent from <a href="http://www.virginmedia.com/emailVirus-checked">www.virginmedia.com/email<br>Virus-checked</a> using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spamhttp://midsummerenergy.co.uk/moondance/blog/2008/08/cal-canal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andy)