We got up late today, enjoying the comfort and convenience of the pill box. A nice chap called Keith, a member of the Song of the Paddle web forum, came by to see how we were doing (knowing where to find us from yesterday's blog). We chatted about the sea conditions and he kindly gave us his phone number if a contingency plan was needed.
The sea was calmer than yesterday but the breakers were still large enough. We bided our time and took a run up when we thought the incoming waves were small ones. The first breaker, however small, crashed into Oli's face and settled in the bottom of the canoe (about six inches of water) but we were able to push through the others and get to the more pleasant sea behind. The swell was about two metres high but not steep enough to pose a problem.
We made fairly good progress but after an hour and a half the weather and sea conditions were getting a bit worse. We decided to head into Lossiemouth harbour rather than commit to the long rocky section of coast to the West. We had lunch, talked to the harbourmaster and went to the pub to dry out for a couple of hours.
By now, being quite late in the day and the weather not ideal, we opted to portage to the next harbour so as not to lose too much ground. We camped near a quarry to the East of Hopeman ready to put in at the harbour.
The sea was calmer than yesterday but the breakers were still large enough. We bided our time and took a run up when we thought the incoming waves were small ones. The first breaker, however small, crashed into Oli's face and settled in the bottom of the canoe (about six inches of water) but we were able to push through the others and get to the more pleasant sea behind. The swell was about two metres high but not steep enough to pose a problem.
We made fairly good progress but after an hour and a half the weather and sea conditions were getting a bit worse. We decided to head into Lossiemouth harbour rather than commit to the long rocky section of coast to the West. We had lunch, talked to the harbourmaster and went to the pub to dry out for a couple of hours.
By now, being quite late in the day and the weather not ideal, we opted to portage to the next harbour so as not to lose too much ground. We camped near a quarry to the East of Hopeman ready to put in at the harbour.
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