Due to adverse weather, we lay over in Kirkwall for three days after
seeing Fin And J (photo) off on their return journey to London. Strong
westerlies prevailed – with white horses even inside the inner harbour!
At the first opportunity we moved round to Stromness, then made the long
crossing south-west round Cape Wrath. It was a good passage in fine
weather – rough only for a mile or so as the tide turned against us
short of the Cape Wrath Light. Once round, the wind died and we motored
through a still evening to the anchorage in Loch a’Chad-Fi, off Loch
Laxford. This is where John Ridgway has his adventure school, and his
ocean-going yacht was hauled out on the slipway, and well tethered down.
At present we are southbound on the West Coast, having just passed the
bird reserve isle of Handa.