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Hi. Welcome to the blog pages of Happy Daze.

Ivan and Angela plan to set sail in May, from Scarborough, on the Yorkshire East coast, on a journey around the shores of the UK and Ireland. We will head south, and will travel the right way (clockwise) around the British Isles until we get back to Scarborough, but plan to take our time and enjoy the journey.

We will have our dive kit with us, and intend to jump in and explore the inshore waters at every opportunity. It may be to look at something we know is there (a wreck?), just have a look around to see what we can find, or to get something tasty for supper!

The boat has been extensively re-fitted, and work still goes on to get her ready for the off. Since we brought the boat back from Wells-next-the-Sea she has been known as Wild and Free, but our preparations for the trip will include a re-naming ceremony, and she will be known as Happy Daze.

Please keep in touch to find out how we get on in our preparations and our journey around the coast.

Angela & Ivan

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Leg 18


Padstow to Milford Haven. Friday 23rd July
We had an early start out of Padstow - this was to be our longest leg so far, and to be quite a way off shore too. We motored to start, and it seemed to take forever to get away from the Cornish coast! - although the coast along here was beautiful, with impressive cliffs. Once out of sight of Cornwall we spotted Lundy Island off the starboard beam, and no sooner did that fade, the Welsh coast appeared ahead! So we didn't really feel like we were all that much away from land!! We had dolphins with us for a good while again. This time we seemed to be in the middle of a a few different groups that just seemed to surround us over and over! We got into Milford Haven estuary at dusk, and by dark had anchored in the bay near Dale. Very peaceful after a very long day.
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