We are presently two  hours away from our destination Lewisport, Newfoundland.  It has taken us three weeks to sail down the coast from Pond Inlet on Baffin Island. We have taken shelter down the coast of Baffin Island and Labrador from the weather. The last three days have been challenging with winds blowing out of the south east which was the direction we were headed for! We had a very bumpy day yesterday sailing down the coast from St Anthony, Newfoundland. We took shelter in a small isolated cove on the north end of Bell Island to wait for the forecasted wind to change to south west. It looked like the perfect backdrop for a pirate movie with huge gullies and caves along the shore. We dropped anchor, feasted on Turbot, garlic potatoes and carrots and dove into Dais emergency rations for dessert! They raided mine the night before when we anchored off on the tip of the north point. Its time to leave one eye open when you slip in your bunk and have some shut eye around here with both Rice brothers on board!

Last night when the shades of darkness fell upon us, unable to see the shore it began to rain and seemed as we were dragging our anchor very slowly. We picked up anchor and steered for Lewisport. It was a bumpy ride all right, but the wind did change to south east at around 02.00 hours this morning. Around 06.00 hours when I was just making our daily ration of porridge is when the seas started picking up and things started to go helter skelter around here. Its 12.40 hours Newfoundland  time at the moment and we just came to the lee of Bacalhao Island in Notre Dame Bay.

The three of us are very happy to be almost at the end of this voyage. It has been mentioned that we might go ashore this evening and wander around town for a meal ashore and a wee drink to go with it!

There has to be disappointment that we were never able to get through this year  but life is more than reaching the destination. When you get on the bus its the rich experiences, the amazing travellers and characters you meet along the way that is the most rewarding and not just getting there.

We have all learnt a great deal, filled up our treasure boxes of life experiences and are all looking forward to seeing you all again.

Pnawn da, good afternoon to you all! Hywel.