Monday, June 18, 2007
Day 23
Up at 5.30 a.m. and on the water for 7 a.m. to try and get to Gola Island by this evening. The morning was overcast but the seas were calm so we made good progress across Loughros More Bay and Gweebarra Bay. After completing 20 miles we stopped at Crohy Head for lunch. The wind had picked up and the North Easterly had made going a bit tougher for the last hour before lunch. After an hour's break we got back on the water and paddled in around Rutland Island, up past Burtonport, past Aran Island (the one in Donegal!) on up through the Owey Sound and then finally into Gola. The evening is overcast and it is raining on and off so we have managed to set up camp and had dinner of curried noodles and sausages followed by coffee and Nana G's cake. Our plan for tomorrow is to make as much ground as we can up through Bloody Foreland to get as close to Malin Head as we can. Assuming the weather holds up we will try and round Malin head on Wednesday - once we round the most northerly point of the country it will hopefully be all downhill from there to home! We are all doing o.k. although there is no pub on this island - we could be in for a long night....37 miles in total and 9 hours 22 minutes paddling.
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good on ye,lads!i knew that that outboard motor we picked up in Easkey would do the trick! Keep it up and we look forward to the triumphant entry...or re-entry to Dungarvan.Good luck
hey lads,
delighted to see the progress ye are making, fingers crossed the weather man is good to ye from here on in, looking forward to havin ye on the home stretch. take care. Darren, Claire & Katelyn
Well done on what ye have acomplished so far. Ye must have seen some sights that the rest of us can only dream of seeing. Keep the spirits up (and the beer down) well done, stay safe. Tony.
Lads...well done so far. Hope the craic is good in the local pub!! Tony....rumour has it that there's lots of nervous sheep on Gola tonight????
Here's to rounding Malin Head - what an achievement - ye're well on the way now boys.
Keep it up - we're all rooting for ye. :)
Hey Guys,
Well done - the West is behind you - ye're almost on the home stretch - lets hope you've gone from the wild wild west to the sunny side east! The only problem with your homecoming is the fade out of the blog - ye will have to think of a new challenge to keep us entertained! x Susan
keep up the good work guys (did ye not stock up on a few tinnies at the last place.....for emergencies such as this!!!)
Máire, Ger, Saoirse & Cormac
Hey Lads :)
Yer gettin on gr8
Hope the weather
gets better for ye
and ye can finally
cum home !
Natasha!!
Well Shams,Ye taught it was tough today,if ye paddled underwater ye would not be as wet as the people of dungarvan today.The weather is playing a blinder as usual,ye have the longest day on thur so ye should make Larne HMMmmm ! loads of sunlight.Tony Mully reckons you should try for a TOPE in the lough tomorrow spose to be very good.
Well done again on the journey so far take care.
Flower.
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