We left Bequia at 06.30 on Monday. The crossing from Bequia to St Vincent was pretty rough with more wind than forecast ( mental note listen to forecast and double wind strength ). After a quiet trip up the leeward coast of St Vincent we entered the anticipated wind acceleration zone at the top of the island, it wasn`t too bad and we waited for the wind and waves to decrease as we moved further north towards St Lucia..........well they didnt, they got worse and it rained, eventually it all got calmer as we approached St Lucia, all bar one last downpour and wind gust before we eased up beneath the massive Pitons to a mooring at Soufierre. This morning we did a tour to the volcano, which is still active and took in a mud bath ( brilliant ) in a hot pool before going on to the beautiful gardens and waterfall at Diamond Falls. It rained all morning but we thoroughly enjoyed our trip out. This afternoon we thought we would take a gentle cruise up the leeward side of St Lucia to Rodney Bay at the northern end.........wrong, you guessed 20-30kt winds on the nose and heavy rain... what is going on. Entered Rodney Bay in 25kt winds wishing we had stayed in Soufierre only to anchor in 10kt winds which apart from a few gusts has remained fairly constant ever since Heard from fiends we met there is a great curry restaurant in town so its on our `must do` list Hope to add some photos soon once we get wi-fi access