Alderman

07 June 2009
02 June 2009 | Holyhead

Jan's First Blog

07 June 2009
Jan
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In the beginning

02 June 2009 | Holyhead
Alun
In the beginning there was a couple called Janet and Alun, who were happy in their small world, they socialised, worked hard, went on holiday etc.

They began sailing some ten years ago, and then the dreams started, some may say nightmares, the dreams grew and grew, they bought a small boat, sailed during the summer and had great fun, going round Anglesey, to Llanddwyn, then further afield to Porth Dinllaen, then even further to Ireland, Isle of Man and Scotland.
Then they bought a bigger boat and dreamed about leaving their jobs and to go sailing until they had satisfied their dream.

They stared in July 2002 and crossed the Bay of Biscay with three close friends, they managed to sail to Southern Spain that year. After their friends left them in La Coruna, Jan and Al sailed all the way to Almerimar before leaving the boat for the winter.
They had one or two scary moments and vowed, once or twice, never to sail again, but they did, it was the DREAM'S fault!!

The following year they sailed from Spain to Greece, again with wonderful friends helping them along, again at the end of the summer they decided never to sail again, but they did, the dream was kept alive (why would it not just lay down and DIE?)

This dream began to consume them, they could think of nothing else, it both excited then and scared the shit out of them, that was the dilema.

They could either stay in their well paid jobs and their comfortable lives, or they could say, no, let us face up to our fears, look danger in the eye, laugh at the big waves and screeching wind and f***k it, lets go.

Now it's obvious what they wanted to do, the former of course, but then this dream would have consumed them further and they would be looking back in a few years time, when they were old, decrepid and bitter, and thinking "Is'nt it a shame that we never lived our dream?" So they decided f***k it, lets go.

And thats where the real story begins, we hope.
Vessel Name: The Alderman
Vessel Make/Model: Mummery 41
Hailing Port: Holyhead, Ynys Mon, Wales
Crew: Alun and Janet Davies

The Couple (Crew)

Who: Alun and Janet Davies
Port: Holyhead, Ynys Mon, Wales