Day 40

Day 40

What’s the story in Tobermory?

I realise the title is somewhat of a clique but in all honesty I like it so make the heavy sigh and roll your eyes in my lack of creative flare and then get on with the task of reading the blog.

Well here we are in Tobermory on the isle of Mull in the western isle. “why are you still there?” passes through your head. Well keep reading and I will explain. Our passage yesterday was great fun even though people seem to have gotten themselves stuck in the watch pattern of longer passages and spent much of the passage in bed. We had Chicken curry for tea last night which was really good. Then we went ashore where I took the ships teddy bear Fraser to visit all the Balamory landmarks. This is for my daughter I sent her the photos and she was quite excited about it.

We then went for a social beer and after a pint a band came in and set up. It was a great folk band playing all the greats. The atmosphere was great as the crews of September and Spirit came back together. Stories were told and issues discussed and here we come to why we are still here. September is feeling poorly. The crew are working on her but until she is fixed we are stuck where we are. The boat has been dried out and a fix is underway. Spirit is waiting as if September cannot be fixed we can tow her to the mainland. Has anyone else noticed that every problem we have had as been on a weekend and on an island. It’s not ideal when you are trying to fix old boats. Except the Orkneys them guys have got this boat fixing down to a tee.

So we are still here. We have made good use of the time with lessons from Dan on marine navigation. I have sorted all my admin and baked some bread. I have spent the rest of the day sorting tea out just to keep busy. That’s the thing that gets you down when you are stuck. Trying to be useful and busy without getting in the way. It’s easy to go to bed but nobody wants to do that. Our collective attitude is to get stuck in and get things done. Below decks on spirt has never been so clean and tidy and she smells the same.

Well hopefully we will be on our way tomorrow and I will have exciting new stories to tell you.

Stay safe, speak soon

Russ