Well, we are officially into the second half of our trip with 17 days left to July 1st. Unfortunately we did not get out on the water today - we spoke to the coast guard in Valentia last night and they gave us the forecast for the next week or so - no go today or most probably tomorrow. True to the forecast the wind is howling in from the east creating messy seas and wind in our face - no point in going out. John and Kathleen - the owners of the Fishermans Weir pub in Easkey were kind enough to offer us the use of one of their B&B rooms this morning - this gave us the opportunity to have a shower and shave and also wash out the kayaking gear - we are like new men !! (Maybe now the dogs will stop following me around...)
Days like today tend to wreck your head because you want to be out on the water and making progress towards home but from a personal safety perspective you know it is not worth the risk. so we are spending the day walking around Easkey and checking out the surf along the beaches -to us the surf looks very big but the locals tell us that it is small compared to some of the surf that comes in during the winter (Martin - on a day like today you would have a ball up here - the surf looks amazing and thats on what the locals regard as a calm day !)
George - we were tracking Sam Crowleys progress yesterday and saw mention of you Tom and Eamonn - he seems to be making fairly steady progress - at this stage we are hoping that he doesn't catch up with us !!
5 comments:
Hi Uncle Brian....I told my teacher about your trip and I am keeping track of your stops on Linda's Map on her wall in 1 Riv.
Hope you get back home soon. Lots of Luv. Oisin
Bro - we are checking out live sea conditions in Sligo area on the
strandhill surfcam not far from ye there in Easkey....looks a bit dreary out there...sun is trying to peak out a bit here, finally. Lets hope ye can make some headway Saturday...enjoy a night on the town now that ye are so fresh-smelling - talk later, Sis
Derek, Tony, Brain,
Following your blog daily, sounds like a great trip. The day off will do you good, you are making great progress. Might be the first endurance expedition fueled by breakfast frys and daily guinness!
Keep on rolling,
Sean
Hey Brian. Bit of news...Mike Tylers resigned + Houli's the new site director. they said you would have got Houli's job but you were'nt around so they gave it to Pat Noonan. I'll keep you posted with any other relevant news.
These rumours sure must be ill-founded
We heard them and we were astounded:
Twas quite atmospheric,
Tony,Brian and Derek
Reeked of sweat,and by dogs they were hounded!
Enjoying the blog.Stay safe.
Judith and Jerry
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