I know it is
really very early to start looking forward to 2014 but we have just found out
that next year we will be having an enforced summer holiday due to the garage
where Liam works having a new roof, shutting the place for at least two weeks.
Helpfully they have agreed to do this during July of next year. With this in
mind we can start to plan for Naughty-Cal’s next big adventure.
We are doing
the Norfolk Broads again next month for a couple of weeks so really want to do
something different for next year. As we seem to have a bit of a habit of
turning right and heading down the coast we have decided that for next year we
will be heading north into waters we have yet to explore.
This trip
will obviously be very much weather and sea state dependant but the plan so far
is along the lines of:
- · Grimsby
- · Whitby
- · Newcastle
- · Amble
- · Eyemouth
- · Amble
- · Hartlepool
- · Scarborough
- · Hull
Now we are
not stupid and we know that the chances of getting two weeks of perfect boating
weather during British summer time is fairly slim so we will be flexible with how
far we manage to cruise and how long we stay at each harbour or port. We are
also well aware that should the weather turn we may well be leaving Naughty-Cal
somewhere and getting the train home before weekending her back to her own
berth in Lincoln over a number of weeks.
We have tried
to keep the distances between ports fairly sensible with the longest legs being
the ones closest to home, Burton Waters to Grimsby at around 100 miles and
Grimsby to Whitby and Scarborough to Hull both at around 75 miles, all well
within our safe cruising range. The remaining legs vary in distance between 30
and 55 miles.
If we do
manage to pull this one off it will be a round trip in excess of 600 miles and
will (just) cross the border into Scotland which won’t be bad for a little
boat!
