On arrival we moored up alongside the canal wall for the night and Gary cooked a splendid meal - chicken stuffed with a green pasto cream/butter paste and covered with breadcrums, roasted in the oven with potatoes. Gorgeous and we had just enough red wine left to wash it down.
The next morning Vince and Gary inevitably made friends with Trevor a Canadian special forces vetran who drove them into town to do the shopping, waited for them, drove them back and gave us a large pack of bottles drinking water.
We went through the canal around midday
wended our way through the various narrow channels that connected the canal to the Bras D'or proper under power and then enjoyed a pleasant sail to Maskells harbour about 25 miles away.
We passed under the Barret Straight Bridge which I almost ran into a few weeks ago on Bonny...
The weather deteriorated on our approach and by the time we arrived in Maskells Harbour it was windy and wet. My friends Iain and Susan were there on Chelsea but the conditions didn't encourage us to go a visiting. Instead we settled down to watch a film on Gary's large screen monitor. Vince performed his magic and downloaded "Sinners" without busting Gary's Starlink bill. I made "dinner" not up to Gary's standard but the sausage and bacon rolls were enjoyed by the ship's company as was the very off-beat film. I won't spoil it but suffice to say that Blues, Irish Folk music and vampires and "Thriller" type dance seems were all in the mix!
Yesterday I rowed over to Chelsea and arranged to rendezvous with them properly today in Beddeck. Vince and Gary went off for a hike of 5+ miles around the harbour whilst I snoozed and read on board. Vince got some great photos...
I cooked again - juicy and large and numerous pork steaks with sweet potato wedges. Much to much food for three but somehow it all went!
Another film followed; this time from Gary's DVD collection - "Touching the Void". Quite incredible what some people can put themselves through and survive!
Today, Sunday after a leisurely breakfast we motorr the 5 or so miles to Beddeck and drop the hook at around 0215.
We'll get together with Iain and Susan later.
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