It’s been quite a few years since we last visited Shaun and Carol and it’s clear they’ve been really busy with all of the home improvement projects and lovely garden work since then. Especially cool are the tree carvings. Good fun to see the progress – very nice! Over the next few days we get…
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Today is a big transit day. We taxi to Glasgow central station and catch the Avanti West Coast Train to London Euston Station. The weather we were trying to dodge the last week has arrived here with very heavy rains impacting Scotland and Britain. Several earlier trains have been cancelled with passengers being diverted to…
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Our vessel is the ‘Gemini Explorer’, a 72-ft long converted lifeboat. She was built in 1974 as a cruising lifeboat, one that is at sea all the time. She entered service at the Clovelly Lifeboat Station on the North Devonshire coast and saved 44 lives before being retired in 1989 and converted into a small…
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Last day on the Gemini! After an early breakfast the crew pulls anchor for our return to Dunstaffnage Marina in Oban. It’s another beautiful sunrise and as we get underway we spot a magnificent stag on the mountains overlooking the sea. The weather is great for the rest of the journey back. By 10:30 we…
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