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Round Britain 2007

After an uncomfortable trip to Whitby and an even worse wet one to Blyth,
we stopped for a couple of nights. Great marina at Blyth owned by the
Royal Northumberland YC, and good facilities in their 125 year old lightship.
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The weather turned sunny and dried us out, and on the 9 June we were
on our way to Berwick, but fog came down so we anchored in the Farne
Islands of Grace Darling fame.

Zig Zag at Arbroath,
Bell Rock
Lighthouse museum

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Midday on the 10 saw us in our first Scottish port, Eyemouth, and a
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“stottie” (big roll) in a harbourside cafe, and by the 13 we were at
Peterhead. NE 5-6 winds kept us there for 3 days, the time was not wasted
though, we travelled to Aberdeen to buy some charts, and Phil tried to
instil some culture into me with a visit to the art gallery, which was a good
one.

Whitehills in the Moray Firth was our next stop. The facilities here are
excellent, and the harbourmaster could not have been more helpful. Here I
had a true Scots take away, pie and chips with the pie dipped in batter! Real
friendly people in the pub, the local coastguard and a retired butcher kept
us there until late.
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Wick on the 18 June, berthing on their brand new finger pontoons. Like
Whitehills, Wick is looking to encourage yachts to replace the income lost
from the diminishing fishing fleet.

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