Waiting for Weather in Milford Haven

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 Having settled into the easy life in Neyland Marina we took advantage of their modern luxuries such as shore power, good internet, launderette, shops, showers.  Ahh, the easy life!

We also had to wait out the forecast strong winds on Sunday.

Brunel's statue at Neyland

My walk back from the shops took me to Brunel Quay,  built by Isambard Brunel as the place for his rail passengers to board his ship the 692ft long Great Eastern, bound for America.  This did not come to pass as Brunel died before the Great Eastern entered service but it created the town of Neyland.

A Stormy Sky from Brunel Quay

Brunel Quay

We considered setting sail north again on Monday but I was still not quite over my cold and more fierce weather was on its way for Tuesday, so instead we headed up the Cleddau River to take refuge at the picturesque Lawrenny Yacht Station.

Sailing up the Cleddau River

We had been warned to keep to the outside of bends so as to avoid the shallow water!

After following the bends for about an hour, this took us to Lawrenny Yacht Station at the mouth of the Carew River.  Here, we tied to one of their moorings.

Rapport at Lawrenny Yacht Station


We took a walk ashore along the local National Trust paths through lush waterside woodland.

Stormy weather at Lawrenny calls for more guitar practice for Doug

We plan to move back to Dale after this weather has passed through, ready for an early start tomorrow morning.  Our destination will then be Arklow (weather permitting of course)!  

The extensive Form for Border Force has already been emailed to them, including the exact Hours-Minutes-Seconds of our arrival time at Arklow - requiring a good polish of the yacht's crystal ball.




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