Strangford Lough

We've spent a couple of days in Strangford Lough, a large area of water separated from the Irish Sea by a narrow channel where the tide rushes in and out at a tremendous speed. In fact there is a tide turbine built by Siemens in the middle of the 'Narrows'.  We came though the channel with the tide and were making over 12 Knots (over ground), the fastest we've ever been in Bathia - the maximum speed we can sail at is about 7 Knots.

Tide Turbine

The pictures below show Bathia tied up at the small visitors pontoon in Stranford, the view of Strangford from the Portaferry side of the Lough which the ferry shuttles back and forth and a couple of snaps from the Castle Ward Estate (National Trust) where they film Game of Thrones.

We're off to Bangor, near Belfast, tomorrow to catch-up on laundry and victualling before we cross to Scotland!

(I've updated the route page)

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