As we left Gola at 06.00 this morning As we start the day, the weather could not be better. Almost dead calm, sun coming up, no rain and cool but not cold. Of course, what’s important on today’s trip is the sea state. Rounding the west and north coasts of Donegal has always been one of our main challenges - it can be pretty rough up here. However, as we start the day it couldn’t be calmer. Fantastic. The forecast is for the wind to pick up, but we hope we can get round Malin Head before it does. In the meantime, we’ve just passed Bloody Foreland on our right with Errigal just a bit inland, and we have Tory Island on our left. We’re also passing a wee group of islands: (another) Inishbofin, Inishdooey and Inish Beg. Wonderful. Tory Island looking very close 08.00 Horn Head on our right looking splendid in the morning sun, with Dunfanaghy tucked in behind it. Lots of Puffins. It’s got a bit colder (I suppose we are in the north now) with a gentle easterly breeze and a swell f
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