A couple of months later than planned we have tied up the loose ends in Papay and arrived in Unst, Shetland the first leg of our journey.
This morning at 7am we left the mooring in Papay and headed to the most northerly harbour in Britain, Baltasound in Unst.
Although winds remained between force 1 and force 3 the full moon and spring tides together with unsettled weather over the past few weeks made the sea confused, especially around the north of North Ronaldsay and Fair Isle.
We made good time tying up at around 2pm virtually a year since we last were in Unst on our return from Norway in Papay Arctic Adventure part 1.
The more eagle eyed of you might have noticed the tracker showing us leaving papay a few nights ago, we went on a shake down cruise to North Ronaldsay. We stayed on the visitors mooring for the night and explored the island before returning to Papay for the final adjustments aboard.
Weather forecasts suggest we might now be spending best part of a week before the next weather window for the main crossing, in fact force 7-9 look likely! We look forward to exploring Unst as we didn't have time last year.
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