Amble to Holy Island

Moondog
Brian Whitefoot
Wed 11 Jul 2012 14:10

This was to be a two part day, and the first part was to Holy Island ( 55:40.0N, 001:47.5W), where we would anchor for lunch, and commune with the wildlife. The second part of the trip was to be up to Eyemouth, giving a total trip of around 50 miles. The tides worked for us, meaning that we could leave at a civilised time after breakfast, stop in Holy Island for lunch and then get up to Eyemouth for entry in early evening with enough depth of tide to get in safely.

The trip up to Holy Island was another grey day experience, with quite a brisk F4 at time bang on the nose from the north = more motoring. As we left Amble we effectively left the industrial NE, and started to see the cliffs and beaches of the Northumbrian coast, with its castle ruins. Thinking positively, I suppose one could say that the grey, murky damp weather enhanced the ethereal atmosphere of the ruined castles, sitting atop their rocky mounds. Or you could say that it was simply grey and miserable. I sense ‘grey’ is becoming over used....blame the weather.

We went inside the Farne Islands, ie between them and the shore. We were doing this when the tide was running quite fast, and made a speedy course change to get closer inshore as we started to hit some fairly boisterous water. Once past the Farne Islands it was a case of sailing towards Holy Island until we could pick up the transit made by the two Old Laws stones ( see pic), which took us to the final turning point into the Holy Island anchorage, where we dropped anchor and were soon joined by inquisitive seals, as we had lunch. A very pleasant stop, and it was not raining.



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