June 6th, 2008, 9:00:35 pm
by Sally
At last! I woke up and rushed off to look at Google Earth to see where Paul was. Hm, it says he is at sea, but the little boat is still in the field near Neyland…apparently. So I rang him, only to learn that the tracking wasn’t working. But thank goodness he’s been able to get on. He sounds delighted to be in Pwllheli but I’ve not heard much about the trip yet.
I had a quiet day today, watching an entertaining day’s cricket with England firmly on top (makes a change!) and following Paul’s progress while keeping the website up to date as to the state of the Live Tracking.
He reached Pwllheli and seems to have parked on the grass again. I must have a word with him about that…
He seems a long way away now. But I’m not feeling too lonely yet though.
June 6th, 2008, 5:57:07 pm
by Paul Churchley
Well here I am… in Pwllheli Marina safe and sound. The trip went very well with no major hiccups. I have to get the boat cleaned up and then off to eat but I will write up this leg either tomorrow or Sunday so please come back to read about 9ft walls of water, dolphins and porpoises, technical gremlins and more. There will be more pictures too…
June 6th, 2008, 10:36:59 am
by Sally
Great news - it is working again. It was a Google problem but has now been sorted out. As usual the map here is lagging behind Google Earth in showing the track, so using Google Earth does seem to give better results.
June 6th, 2008, 9:31:55 am
by Sally
Paul is at sea on his way to Pwllheli, but sadly at the moment the Live Tracking is not working. It is thought it might be a Google problem but no certainties yet. It is being investigated and will be back up and working as soon as possible.
June 6th, 2008, 6:20:57 am
by Paul Churchley
I have awoken this morning to a beautiful crisp and clear, sunny morning although it is rather chilly. There is almost no wind and all I can hear are the birds chirping all around. Clear, still mornings like this bring their own little devils with them especially after a lot of rain… fog. There is definitely fog around. I can see a bank of it on the other side of the river although the north side is clear at the moment. I suspect that I might encounter some on route today but when it came out yesterday the sun was very warm and so there is a good chance it will burn off fairly quickly… at least near the land.
Forecast is for F2-3 and slight once I am past St David’s Head but it could be a little rougher for the first hour or two. I suspect not though as there is absolutely no wind and hasn’t been all night.
So, I depart at about 7-7.30 giving me an hour and a half to do the 20 miles or so to Jack Sound.
See you in Pwllheli…
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