Here's Hoping
The Adventures of Allegria & Crew
Peter Lansdale
Mon 20 Nov 2023 21:27
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If I'm not tempting fate it
looks like we will have a weather window this week. Most likely leave here on
Thursday although there is a possibility that we may be able to leave on
Wednesday. There is yet another front coming over with strong NW winds but it
should calm quickly after that to enable a reasonable crossing of the Gulf
Stream. It's the Gulf Stream which is such a limiting factor as it flows
northwards so strongly that with the wrong wind and weather it makes for
exceedingly rough seas.
We are finding life here
rather boring now as we are so isolated, out in the boonies as someone said. It
is lovely country with huge access for water sports in warm weather. We seem to
have been lucky with the weather since we arrived. Although there was frost at
night when we arrived, we have not had any since. The days have been warm and
sunny, clear blue sky from dawn to dusk and hence it is always cold at night,
usually low 40s F. There has been no rain at all for the 3 weeks we have been
here.
So we are keeping our
fingers crossed that we will be on our way. If not it looks like winter in the
UK. Our weather guru actually wrote 'the pattern is such, in late fall,
waiting for a better window may not be beneficial at all'
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