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As soon as it was light we were up and happy to drop the mooring as it was uncomfortable at times. Anne had slept in the saloon as it was marginally more comfortable but was up and dressed before the alarm went off. Once to the north of the islands it was rough in places, […]

It would have been wrong to have spent all our time on St Mary’s and so we left on a rising tide to go over to Tresco, probably the next biggest island. This is only possible at certain times of the tide over drying ledges, so the navigation is important. However, we had done our

Lots of French boats coming into the anchorage at Porth Cressa but we felt confident to leave Harvard at anchor and headed off for a longish walk around the island. Beautiful sunny weather now with a brisk north westerly breeze. First stop was for coffee, tea and cake with a fantastic view over the harbour.

A bit rolly-polly in our anchorage at times but we inflated the dinghy and went ashore to look around Hugh Town. Coffee and cake first of course. Not a lot had changed since the last time we were here. Perhaps less of the little quirky shops and more “boutiques” selling clothes and items focussed on

According to the pilot guide for our passage we shouldn’t leave until mid-morning so we followed the guidance and in rather murky conditions heaved up the anchor and set off for the Scillies. There was very little wind but as we approached the Runnel Stone buoy at Land’s End we actually managed to sail for