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| Old Man Of Hoy | 2026-05-13 | A splendid walk from the rather splendid Rackwick to the rather superb Old Man of Hoy.
The cliff next to the Old Man was rather scary so I went nowhere near it. I liked our guide book's suggestion that "For walkers wanting a less nerve-shredding but equally unimpeded view [walk] 200 yards towards St John's Head, where the cliffs are a little less, well, edgy". So we did.
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Old Man Of Hoy
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| Salcombe to the Exe | 2018-04-22 | A great sail back from Salcombe to the Exe.
Left the mooring in Salcombe and said goodbye to Simon T and Andy B leaving them to their Round Britain sail.
Out over Salcombe Bar in thick fog. Experimented a bit further with the now fully working radar in Derek H's Fulmar and then headed off for the inshore passage around Start Point. Like the day before, wind was with tide so Start Point was fine and the fog mostly lifted as we reached Start Point.
Then along past Berry head and into Torbay for some "man overboard" practise.Think I proved that I'd be able to get back to pick Derek up if he went overboard but without the practise I'd have probably run him over!
Then up to the Exe waiting for the tide to change to allow a safe return to the mooring.
Excellent weekend all round.
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Man overboard
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| Studland and Old Harry Rocks | 2021-10-24 | Over the chain ferry at Sandbanks and on to Studland for a walk past Old Harry Rocks and up Ballard Down.
Rain came in - as predicted - in the second half of the walk. Quite a breezy day with overfalls to the south of Old Harry.
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Old Harry Rocks
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| Lyness to Houton Ferry | 2026-05-15 | The ferry back from Lyness (on Hoy) to0 Houton (on the Orkney mainland).
Not many photos as it was just too wet and windy to sit outside during the ferry crossing.
By way of a diversion, I've attached a screen grab of the marine chart as we were crossing. I was intrigued to see a buoy named "Barrel Of Butter". Two years ago I was sailing in to L'Aber W'rach in Brittany and was amused to see a buoy named "Petit Pot Du Beurre" so I took a photo then - see https://thegpsblog.com/activities/brest-to-laber-wrach/photos
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Hoy
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| Burra Voe and Old Haa | 2026-06-01 | We were staying the night at the community owned and rather lovely Burravoe marina and camp site.
So we went for a walk round and had tea an cake at the Old Haa Museum and garden (with its rock statues).
Then for a walk round the headland on the south side of the voe. We'd just got round the other side when the fog came in with a vengeance. Made it all quite eerie.
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Old Haa
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