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Elderly Bromsgrove man in amazing Lands End and back cycle feat

Fleck

Thu 14 Aug 2014 10:56

13 August, 2014

Position 50:09.3N 5:03.7W, Falmouth Harbour Anchorage.

Splendid sail here from Penzance with a following wind, and apart from the overfalls at the Lizard, calm seas. Our delayed departure from Penzance gave me a chance to cycle to Lands End and back: about 25 miles, but lots of hills, honest! Never been to 'Disney World Lands End' before; if this is the future then beam me up now, Scotty!

Falmouth was in the throes of Regatta when we arrived: just two hours before the Red Arrows, for which we had ring side seats, perfect timing. Tomorrow it should be a straightforward run back to Fowey, though 8 yeas ago the passage in the opposite direction was completed in thick fog, Ah, the British Summer!

Blog Entries

2014

Aug 2014

Tue 26 Aug 16:39
- Home
Thu 14 Aug 10:56
- Elderly Bromsgrove man in amazing Lands End and back cycle feat
Mon 11 Aug 08:19
- Penzance, nearly the end of the line.
Mon 4 Aug 21:01
- Hugh Town, St Mary's, Scilly islands
Sun 3 Aug 11:31
- Becalmed, again.
Sat 2 Aug 12:36
- Poundland
Fri 1 Aug 12:53
- The dogwatch again!

Jul 2014

Thu 31 Jul 12:07
- What a difference a day makes
Wed 30 Jul 14:25
- Post Script
- The balance of life
Tue 29 Jul 12:59
- Free whale trip
Mon 28 Jul 12:57
- Winds: as predicted, not as requested!
Sun 27 Jul 12:44
- Sunshine, rotten potatoes, barometer still rising.
Sat 26 Jul 12:38
- High Pressure
Fri 25 Jul 12:51
- Cold front!
Thu 24 Jul 12:37
- On our way!
Tue 8 Jul 18:03
- Flores
Tue 1 Jul 13:03
- Ding a ling, Ryanair on time yet again.

Jun 2014

Mon 30 Jun 12:38
- Where did you say you were when you sent that?
- We are commencing our descent into Lajes, Flores.
Sun 29 Jun 13:39
- The spirit of sail......
Sat 28 Jun 13:55
- Squeezing time
Fri 27 Jun 15:03
- A simple strategy for wind holes
Thu 26 Jun 15:18
- Doghole
Wed 25 Jun 15:36
- A good day's night
Tue 24 Jun 15:13
- dog watch
Mon 23 Jun 15:22
- Low
Sun 22 Jun 14:54
- Goldilocks, for now!
Sat 21 Jun 15:43
- Learning from History
Fri 20 Jun 16:00
- Another hundred miles
Thu 19 Jun 16:00
- Mind your language
Wed 18 Jun 15:43
- Cetaceanology
Tue 17 Jun 15:53
- Whale of a time
Mon 16 Jun 16:09
- Drum roll
Sun 15 Jun 15:56
- Deaf rolls
Sat 14 Jun 16:00
- Back in skool, day one
Mon 9 Jun 18:09
- Sunday, rest day, Monday, wash day.
Fri 6 Jun 17:28
- Bermuda

May 2014

Thu 29 May 17:25
- Engine room blues
Tue 27 May 17:15
- Fighting for territory
Sun 25 May 17:01
- Wind holes, black holes, la dolce vita
Fri 23 May 18:50
- In case there's a change in the weather
Wed 21 May 16:31
- 68
Mon 19 May 20:24
- Dark and Cloudy
Sun 18 May 19:55
- Antigua
Fri 16 May 18:01
- Windshadows
Thu 15 May 19:09
- Half Full
Tue 6 May 17:24
- All that is

2013

Jun 2013

Wed 12 Jun 13:15
- Chaguaramus: 'you have reached your destination'
Tue 11 Jun 02:02
Fri 7 Jun 21:40
- Charlotteville
Thu 6 Jun 16:55
- Hove to again!
Wed 5 Jun 17:25
- Fishing Boat
Tue 4 Jun 17:45
- Todays data
- Dolphins and the red dust
Mon 3 Jun 16:22
- Yellow brick bumpy road
Sun 2 Jun 16:56
- Back in solitary!
Sat 1 Jun 16:12
- Parole

May 2013

Fri 31 May 17:00
- dolor in the doldrums
Thu 30 May 17:10
- It was the Vicar..
Wed 29 May 16:34
- No real dramas
Tue 28 May 15:48
- Wet wet wet!
Mon 27 May 15:42
- Ah, back up north!
Sun 26 May 16:01
- Squalls
Sat 25 May 15:28
- Current events
Fri 24 May 16:22
- Whales and oil rigs
Thu 23 May 15:46
- Round the bend
Wed 22 May 16:13
- Cabedelo Post Script
Sat 18 May 18:02
- Cabedelo
Fri 17 May 13:48
- Whinge for the day!
Thu 16 May 13:52
- Battleships
Wed 15 May 13:11
- Pepys: streets of Fleck
Tue 14 May 13:18
- I am hydrovane
Mon 13 May 12:48
- Yeasterday
Sun 12 May 12:38
- Poetry time
Sat 11 May 13:31
- Status Quo
Fri 10 May 13:06
- All swell
Thu 9 May 13:15
- Steady (fairly) as she goes.
Wed 8 May 12:41
- Missing Ascension Day
Sun 5 May 19:55
- Ascension Island
Sat 4 May 13:07
- Is the Pope a Catholic?
Fri 3 May 13:07
- Steady as she goes.
Thu 2 May 13:04
- From me to you
Wed 1 May 13:33
- 3am. No lessons from history!

Apr 2013

Tue 30 Apr 13:12
- No news is good news!
Mon 29 Apr 13:06
- Three weeks later....
Mon 8 Apr 11:55
- Circumnavigator?
Sun 7 Apr 11:53
- Groundhog days
Fri 5 Apr 12:38
- Academic cooking
Mon 1 Apr 10:55
- Masthead revisited

Mar 2013

Fri 29 Mar 11:02
- Mast still upright
Wed 27 Mar 12:34
- Life of Pi, sans tiger.
Mon 25 Mar 12:35
- new problem list
Sun 24 Mar 10:43
- Just the usual start of trip collisions

2012

Dec 2012

Sun 9 Dec 16:37
- When the curtain comes down it's not quite over.
Sat 8 Dec 10:40
- The Indian Ocean, Cape Aghulas, The Atlantic Ocean, The Cape of Good Hope: just another day at the office.
Fri 7 Dec 12:23
- Cape Agulhas: turn left for Antarctica, turn right for home. No brainer, for a change!
Thu 6 Dec 10:55
- Grinding out the miles
Wed 5 Dec 11:19
- Zebra sails in the East Cape easterlies
Sat 1 Dec 15:45
- Port Elizabeth

Nov 2012

Thu 29 Nov 10:31
- More half full than half empty!
Wed 28 Nov 11:10
- Chasing the current, dodging the wind.
Sun 25 Nov 11:14
- Ocean frying pan, harbour fire!
Fri 23 Nov 16:15
- Safe arrival, Durban.
Thu 22 Nov 09:39
- Beeline to Durban, but wish we had wings!
Tue 20 Nov 10:15
- Overdrive please!
Mon 19 Nov 10:03
- Bit by bit.
Sun 18 Nov 10:53
- Todays date and position!
- Donner und Blitzen!
Sat 17 Nov 09:10
- Some like it hot
Fri 16 Nov 09:06
- Fresh bread and goosewings
Thu 15 Nov 09:41
- Notes from the Nostromo
Wed 14 Nov 08:44
- Wind and sun, but very humid.
Tue 13 Nov 10:11
- Out of the bucket
Mon 12 Nov 09:02
- A little smoother now!
Sun 11 Nov 09:21
- If only it was flat

Jul 2012

Mon 9 Jul 09:20
- Reunion: postscript

Jun 2012

Sat 30 Jun 16:38
- Reunion: end of term time!
Wed 20 Jun 19:35
- Port Louis
Sun 17 Jun 07:16
- Position info only
- In Mauritius
Wed 13 Jun 08:43
- Au revoir, Rodrigues
Thu 7 Jun 14:22
- Yes!
Tue 5 Jun 09:20
- Answers and questions over the Marie Celeste Fracture Zone.
Sun 3 Jun 08:17
- Difficult connection
Sat 2 Jun 08:26
- Continues to work hard, and achieve good results.

May 2012

Thu 31 May 10:57
- Getting in the zone
Tue 29 May 08:29
- Sailing in the Goldilocks zone: not!
Mon 28 May 07:01
- Still waiting for weather!
Sun 27 May 09:50
- Slow down, weather ahead!
Fri 25 May 08:52
- Rattling along.
Wed 23 May 06:56
- On the road again.
Sat 19 May 14:16
- Cocos Keeling: it's really nice.
Thu 17 May 08:33
- Closing Cocos
Mon 14 May 07:46
- Progress
Sat 12 May 08:32
- Back on the edge of the Ocean
Fri 11 May 10:32
- Jakarta
Mon 7 May 07:45
- Post-call.
Sun 6 May 08:04
- Java Sea
Fri 4 May 09:12
- Half full, half empty?

Apr 2012

Mon 30 Apr 11:10
- Nongsa Point Marina, take three.

2011

May 2011

Tue 10 May 08:59
- Through the Sunda Strait
Mon 9 May 11:02
- Jakarta
- Thousand Islands
Mon 2 May 04:34
- Ups and Downs.

Apr 2011

Sat 30 Apr 09:50
- Back across the line
Tue 26 Apr 06:55
- Sebana Cove
Tue 12 Apr 09:25
- Ouch!
Tue 5 Apr 11:32
- Pangkor to Danga Bay

Mar 2011

Wed 30 Mar 10:52
- Pangkor by daylight
Mon 28 Mar 01:09
- Pulau Paya: racing for buoys.
Wed 23 Mar 11:36
- Sitting on the dock of the bay, waiting for Luigi

2010

Oct 2010

Thu 28 Oct 14:56
- Rebak Marina; the last dot for now.
- Langkawi
Thu 21 Oct 03:21
- Penang Hill
Mon 18 Oct 04:59
- Penang.
Mon 11 Oct 10:01
- Virtual Marina, Pangkor.
Sun 10 Oct 09:39
- Port Klang, Kuala Lumpur, and Atheism
Sat 9 Oct 01:36
- Day Tripper
Tue 5 Oct 08:10
- Into the Malacca Strait.

Sep 2010

Sun 26 Sep 09:26
- Singapore
Sat 18 Sep 00:25
- Google map update only
Tue 14 Sep 16:11
- Nongsa Point Marina: civilzation with a capital C.
Fri 10 Sep 05:03
- Chugging up the South China Sea, or, 'Slow boat to China'?
Sat 4 Sep 05:58
- Bali Postscript

Aug 2010

Mon 16 Aug 05:41
- Bali International marina.
Sat 14 Aug 07:46
- Gili islands Stopover
Fri 13 Aug 06:47
- Fresh Bread Man
Wed 11 Aug 06:45
- Wangi Wangi, Wakatobi.
Sat 7 Aug 09:23
- Ambonibable
Mon 2 Aug 03:28
- Banda Islands

Jul 2010

Wed 28 Jul 05:33
- Land ahoy!
Tue 27 Jul 03:05
- Into the Banda Sea
Sat 24 Jul 07:26
- Darwin: been there, done that.
Thu 15 Jul 01:48
- Fw: Escape River, The Albany passage, Cape York, Siesia, The Endeavour Strait,The Gulf of Carpenteria, and the shackle debacle.
- No gain without pain!
Thu 8 Jul 08:26
- To Cape York
Sun 4 Jul 07:12
- Lizard Island, Cairns it's not!
Fri 2 Jul 22:30
- See Cairns in 24 hours

Jun 2010

Mon 28 Jun 01:54
- The Hinchinbrook Channel
Thu 24 Jun 21:36
- Life's a(irlee) beach
Sun 20 Jun 21:21
- Blunt Bay
Fri 18 Jun 03:24
- First Day's Log. Whats a log, dad?
Mon 14 Jun 01:16
- Long live the Queen

2009

Dec 2009

Wed 2 Dec 11:51
- The fat lady sings

Nov 2009

Mon 30 Nov 05:50
- Not over till the fat lady sings!
Fri 27 Nov 03:15
- Leapfroging the Bugs in Morton Bay, Bongaree, a cinch at Skirmish Point, and a great sail up to Mooloolaba
- To Wide Bar Bay
Fri 20 Nov 10:36
- Donner und blitz noch einmal, und ein schmerz in meiner tasche
Tue 17 Nov 05:20
Thu 12 Nov 23:13
Fri 6 Nov 08:40
- Where was I?
- More Fisherman's Tales
Sun 1 Nov 11:38
- The Hawkesbury River

Oct 2009

Sat 31 Oct 08:01
- Sydney Blog
Thu 22 Oct 22:21
- Through Sydney Heads!
- Twenty four hours in Port Stevens
Fri 16 Oct 23:00
- Down to Port Macquarie
Sat 10 Oct 06:01
- Coffs Harbour, another southerly change.
Wed 7 Oct 03:17
- Coffs Harbour
Fri 2 Oct 03:24
- Gold Coast

Sep 2009

Fri 25 Sep 02:58
- Red Mists, Brisbane Life
Fri 18 Sep 12:12
- A bug in Morton Bay
Wed 16 Sep 05:20
- Great Sandy Strait
Sat 12 Sep 12:14
- Bundaberg and Fraser Island

2008

Oct 2008

Fri 3 Oct 22:01
- 'Welcome to Oz, that will be 250$ please.'

Sep 2008

Sun 28 Sep 04:30
- Into the Coral Sea
Tue 23 Sep 05:00
- Noumea
Fri 19 Sep 11:51
- Beating down to New Caledonia
Sun 14 Sep 11:18
- Vanuatu
Mon 8 Sep 03:51
- On our way again, at last.

Aug 2008

Fri 29 Aug 07:53
- Fiji
Tue 12 Aug 21:28
- Tonga to fiji
Thu 7 Aug 23:21
- What we did in Tongatapu
Tue 5 Aug 03:00
- All at sea

Jul 2008

Fri 25 Jul 21:29
- Tongatapu
Sat 19 Jul 01:03
- The Ha'apai Islands
Sat 12 Jul 22:09
- Vava'u, Tonga
Mon 7 Jul 03:51
- Doldrums, again
Tue 1 Jul 23:48
- Ever heard of Aitutaki?

Jun 2008

Sat 28 Jun 00:36
- Cooking, The Cooks and the Captain
Tue 24 Jun 20:18
- Bora Bora Blog
Sun 8 Jun 21:24
- Atoms and atolls
Sun 1 Jun 03:02
- Safe arrival in Ahe

May 2008

Sat 31 May 03:25
- Stargates in Paradise
Tue 27 May 07:58
- The Marquesas Blog
Sat 17 May 22:50
- The Marquesas
Sat 10 May 19:28
- Safe arrival
Thu 8 May 21:34
- Very nearly there!
Tue 6 May 21:44
- Waterworld
Thu 1 May 20:31
- Tradewind days

Apr 2008

Mon 28 Apr 21:34
- Storm in a saucepan
Sat 26 Apr 19:26
- Unterwegs
Tue 22 Apr 19:03
- Nine days out.
Fri 18 Apr 19:20
- Tradewinds
Wed 16 Apr 21:32
- Things can only get better!
Mon 14 Apr 19:29
- Isla Isabella: living up to its name
Wed 9 Apr 20:57
- Galapagos: the rough guide!

Mar 2008

Tue 25 Mar 21:47
- San Cristobal, Galapagos
Fri 21 Mar 18:03
- Crossing the line
Thu 20 Mar 17:44
- Dipping my stick
Tue 18 Mar 19:03
- In the Zone
Sun 16 Mar 17:35
- Into the blue, out of the blue
Fri 14 Mar 17:54
- Drifting in the Las Perlas Archipielago
Mon 10 Mar 17:37
- The Panama Canal
Thu 6 Mar 23:30
- If at first you don't succeed
Mon 3 Mar 01:28
- Todays message

Feb 2008

Fri 22 Feb 19:49
- Off Again

2007

Dec 2007

Sun 9 Dec 21:48
- Shelter Bay Marina, Colon
Wed 5 Dec 13:55
- A rough old day
Tue 4 Dec 03:09
- All out of time
Sun 2 Dec 13:03
- Sorry, where was I?
- Two days in heaven

Nov 2007

Tue 27 Nov 00:47
- Kissing the coral, again
- Management and the San Blas Islands
Sun 25 Nov 19:30
- Seen one, seem 'em all
Tue 20 Nov 14:33
- San Blas at last
Sun 18 Nov 22:13
- Sapzurro
Tue 13 Nov 13:40
- Isla Fuerte
Sat 10 Nov 16:56
- Islas Rosarios

Oct 2007

Sat 27 Oct 00:55
- Cartagena
Mon 22 Oct 01:16
- Five Bays, eight boats.
Fri 19 Oct 16:29
- Colombian Indians
Tue 16 Oct 00:44
- Majic Monjes Del Sur
Sat 13 Oct 03:24
- Aruba Port Rot
Wed 10 Oct 03:59
- 55 mile intergalactic trip
Sun 7 Oct 03:14
- Off at last, tomorrow!!
Mon 1 Oct 02:12
- Still here man

Sep 2007

Sat 22 Sep 17:44
- 12 degrees north, 38 degrees centigrade

Mar 2007

Tue 6 Mar 15:55
- Arrival
Mon 5 Mar 16:44
- Shreck
Sun 4 Mar 17:10
- Carry on up the Caribbean
Sat 3 Mar 16:44
- Gone with the wind
Fri 2 Mar 14:53
- Heading South

Jan 2007

Thu 25 Jan 17:44
- 25th January
Sun 21 Jan 16:51
- Here is a summary of the news

2006

Dec 2006

Wed 20 Dec 17:42
- 20 th Dec 2006. Its all over now.
Tue 19 Dec 13:52
- Tuesday 19th Dec 2006: This could be the last time.
Mon 18 Dec 13:50
- 18th Dec 2006 Just another manic Monday
Sun 17 Dec 13:12
- Sunday 17th Dec 2006 The final countdown
Sat 16 Dec 13:25
- Saturday, 16th December 2006. Rock around the clock.
Fri 15 Dec 12:52
- 15th Dec 2006. Man, I feel like a Woman
Thu 14 Dec 13:20
- 14th Dec 2006 Keep on Running (Dave Clarke Five)
Wed 13 Dec 13:41
- 13thDec06 I'm going slightly mad....
Tue 12 Dec 13:33
- 12th Dec 2006
Mon 11 Dec 13:25
- Cast your fate to the wind, 11th Dec 2006
Sun 10 Dec 12:50
- Sunday, 10th Dec 2006: Whistle down the wind, (please)!
Sat 9 Dec 13:22
- Telegraph Road, 9th Dec 2006
Fri 8 Dec 12:34
- A game of two halves
Thu 7 Dec 13:13
- 7th Dec 2006, What shall we do with the .....
Wed 6 Dec 12:52
- Yelow Submarine (not). Wednesday, 6th Dec
Tue 5 Dec 13:49
- 5th December
Mon 4 Dec 12:56
- we are sailing (for the weather girls)
Sun 3 Dec 13:10
- 3rd Dec 2006, end of week one.
Sat 2 Dec 13:22
- Saturday 2nd Dec
Fri 1 Dec 12:45
- 1st December

Nov 2006

Thu 30 Nov 12:43
- 30th November update
Wed 29 Nov 13:25
- 29 November 06
Tue 28 Nov 13:13
- Daily log
Mon 27 Nov 12:34
- ARC 2006, Day one

Aug 2006

Fri 11 Aug 10:02
- (no subject)