Having at last found a signal for this device, I have to report that all my sailing plans are in tatters because last Tuesday I slipped on the foredeck while picking up a mooring and broke my wrist! Fortunately this happened in Tobermory which is quite a busy place by highland standards. It also has terrific personal service from the NHS. The local clinic sent me to the cottage hospital 10 miles down the road so I now have one arm in plaster for the next six weeks. I can't of course sail my boat with one arm, just getting through the normal daily tasks is difficult enough but, thanks to the kindness of the locals my boat is now in an alongside berth so that I can step ashore and get to the local shops and so on. I have to see the consultant in Oban next Wed, which is an hour on the bus and then an hour on the ferry. After that it is a matter of waiting for friends to organise a rescue expedition. It's 200 plus miles back to Preston and, to manage this passage I need at least one able seaman.
There are many worse place to be stuck than Tobermory. It's quite a famous place now thanks to childrens TV, it's pretty main street facing the sea, with the pastel coloured houses must be nearly as well known as the Piazza San Marco in Venice. It supplies all this sailors modest wants except there is no library although good bookshop and even a proper butcher. It also has a wonderful prospect down the Sound of Mull, an ever changing scene especially in the recent showery weather. It seems to rain in the mornings and then turn into a hot sunny afternoon. The small marina is busy with boats arriving and departing all the time. Yesterday there was much excitement at the appearance of an otter, blithely chewing away at a fish and seemingly unfazed by its audience.
Now that I have found this hotspot I will be bacj perhaps with an appropriate photo.
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You daft bugger... I'd help out but as I'm so heavily commited to the Fastnet I can't take more time out. Can you manage? (well when I say manage of course it sounds like a bloody good excuse for a relaxing stress free 6 week holiday in a lovely place...)
ReplyDeleteLots of love from your favourite nephew.
Hi John,
ReplyDeletesome of our NADP people follow with interest and asked me to pass on comiserations. however sounds like Jonathan has a great idea there but i'm sure it will still be a hairy time.
Do keep up the Blog so we know how you are doing and also because we are selfish and have given the address in Network for people to follow. Hopefully you'll be back by the time the mag comes out or maybe somewhere even further away.
John D