Feels Like......
25 September 2013 | Camaret, Brittany
This is going to be short!
I found the Americas Cup site after Arthur and Huw said "you gotta see this".
Now hooked on 70 foot catamarans doing 40 knots match racing. I should have been writing the blog but a couple of beers on the front in Camaret while watching the boys racing was irresistible.
How'd we get here?
Options..... Fly, 1 hour and £350 or..... BRILLIANT IDEA.....take the Megabus for £15. No brainer to a mean Scotsman however, much like the way they describe temperature: is 5c but will feel like -5c. The Megabus took 7 hours but felt like 17.
'Nuff said but we arrived in Milford Haven. Picked up Pat and Huw our old Fireball mates and headed out into the drizzle. Good sail across the Bristol Channel and past Lands End at midnight, finally motoring towards Brest. However, about 10pm Huw noticed a "small rock" Ouessiant or Ushant to you and me, on the chart so we boldly worked our way in through the rocks and picked up a mooring near midnight last night.
Woke up this morning with boats and rocks all around.... those that you could see as there was thick fog.
Quick dash to Camaret and here we are, back in 20c and catching up on the Americas Cup.
Off to the local restaurant for some snails. Tomorrow we make for La Coruna.