Across the Border

A sensible breakfast start from Amble saw us over the cill and heading north for Scotland. Winds were forecast F3/F4 but behind us, a tricky sail plan as the swell was also behind and slightly across. We managed to avoid the inevitable corkscrew motion with some delicate steering and survived until the expected wind shift taking the channel inside the Farne islands at a steady 8 knots. Holy Island came and went before making our passage past Berwick and finally into Scotland. We arrived into Eyemouth 3 hours early and after stopping at the pontoons temporarily we chose to raft up against some fellow north-bound travellers [Silent Wings, who we had met earlier in Lowestoft], against the wall by the lifeboat: a night of adjusting lines in preference to sinking into a metre of mud. Next stop probably Arbroath.