We left Peterhead (Saturday 30th) with full fuel and water tanks, it was cold and wet - much as it had been during our whole stay. Once outside the harbour the weather improved and we had a pretty good sail down the coast for a couple of hours, then as we were passing offshore from Aberdeen the skies darkened all around, the wind suddenly doubled and it poured with rain. Rob was on the helm and soaked, Katie managed to keep under cover and stayed dry. We arrived into Stonehaven late afternoon and were tied up to the harbour wall just as another downpour hit.
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| Stonehaven Harbour |
On Sunday we took a walk along the coast to Dunnottar Castle followed by a pub lunch at the Marine Hotel. The next day we moved onto Arbroath, about a 6 hour sail, to the home of the 'Arbroath Smokie'. In Arbroath we visited a museum dedicated to the history and construction of the Bell Rock lighthouse, the museum was actually in the Bell Rock Signal Tower which used to communicate with the lighthouse by raising and lowering a large ball on a pole above the building. The lighthouse is 11 miles offshore from Arbroath and the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse; built over 200 years ago and still in use today. (More info at
https://www.nlb.org.uk/Lighthouse.aspx?id=539).
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| Bell Rock Lighthouse Museum |
In the afternoon Rob had a 'Smokie' snack as we walked along the cliffs to the north of Arbroath.
We left Arbroath just after 7:15 when the lock gates to the inner harbour opened and sailed onto Eyemouth, a 45 mile passage to our last Scottish harbour before we cross the boarder and continue south.
We left Eyemouth in sunshine but were soon surrounded in fog, we anchored off Holy Island (Lindisfarne) to break the journey across the border to Amble, navigation into the anchorage in fog was a bit tricky - praise be to the GPS chartplotter. Fortunately we woke to brighter conditions and it's been OK weather today, Rob pulled up the anchor and we set off at about 9am and arrived into Amble marina by 2pm for a late lunch.
Some snaps of Dunnottar Castle and Arbroath below.
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