Day Nineteen to Twenty-one : Across the Celtic Sea

After a morning of rain, the skies finally clear. We decide to set off for Falmouth tonight as there appears to be a weather window for the next 36 hours before more gales kick in.

This means a trip in the dinghy over to Castletownshend to reprovision for the passage from the only store in town. Chicken salad wraps and ham and cheese sandwiches are prepared for the crossing and after these are done, there's not a lot left to do but wait until it's time to depart in the evening.

Dinner before we weigh anchor, is a store cupboard stand-by of wild mushroom risotto.

Then, it's time to depart and once out of the shelter of the harbour, the sea is still moderate to rough after the storms the previous evening. After a bumpy start, the swell subsides further out in the Celtic Sea and we make good progress, hitting the tidal gates for Land's End and the Lizard spot on.

We arrive in Falmouth 38 hours and 210 NM later and the sun is shining! After the first hot shower in what seems like days, I check the ship's stores and write a new shopping list for the crew to do a quick shop. Barrie and Nicola return with a lobster, some crayfish tails and some hand-dived scallops from Arwanack's. The lobster is already cooked, so is served as a starter with salad - delicious! For the main course, the crayfish and sauted scallops are combined with a little vegetable stock and white wine then served with linguine. What a treat!