We departed Scarborough at 0700 as the rain set in. Great. Not! Fortunately the rain stopped almost as soon as it had started and we had a fantastic sail along the coast to Whitby with a F6 wind from the south absolutley blasting us along what showed itself to be a really spectaular coastline of cliffs, coloured rocks and luscious green vegetation. Amazing, and a great feeling to see it all this way! The other wonderful thing about this cruise has been the opportunity to see wildlife that you tend not to see from land - yesterday several seals popped their heads up to watch us on our way, swimming with us for a while. We have had the company of dolphins on occaisions too, and yesterday there were lots of (very colourful) puffins flying around us off Flamborough Head.
As we got into Whitby harbour today we were just too late for the last opening of the bridge in the morning; you have to pass the bridge to get to the marina in Whitby. We had to stop on the 'waiting pontoon' until the next high water when the bridge swings open again.
A Whitby fish and chip supper beckons this evening! (Obviously I need to go along for the sake of the rest of the crew, but I won't eat any of it that is unhealthy, of course).
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| Looking ahead as we leave Scarborough |
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| Looking behind us at Scarborough castle, beach huts, and rainbow! |
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| Blue Star on the waiting pontoon at Whitby in the centre of the picture |
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