Back on our mooring in Plockton
 
                Awelina of Sweden
                  James Collier
                  
Sun 31 Aug 2014 19:25
                  
                | 57:20.352 N, 005:38.435 W We got here finally at about 4 pm BST after fine sail in the brisk 
southerly wind, tacking down the inner sound. Customs phoned up and we are 
cleared in to the country - whereupon it started to rain for the first time for 
ages - we must be back in Scotland! The mooring was waiting for us on our 
arrival, with a new "private" sticker on it – we don’t quite know why and it’s a 
bit poncy. We're attached to the mooring with two polyester ropes plus the 
anchor chain as a back-up. Below are our final pictures from the voyage.  Commonwealth war graves in Faeroe – 55 people, 12 Canadians, the rest 
British   The local fauna – there are more of these than there are people  And these.  The speaker’s seat near the top of the local mountain  View across the fjord we sailed down on our arrival from Iceland  Doomed bird standing in its water  Raasay, the view from where the tracks crossed after 1800 
miles. |