Round Britain for the RNLI Blog

The wind is blowing an absolute hoolie here in Hartlepool and is showing no sign of relenting. I have spoken to some of the lifeboat crew and I have decided to leave it at least until Tuesday before departing.

Today there was a sizable swell… probably 2-3m. The wind is NW’ly but is forecast to go round westerly again either Tuesday or Wednesday.

I wouldn’t be too surprised if I have to push it back to Wednesday so don’t be too surprised either please. This is all I can do… I go with what I have and what the forecasts suggests and make my decisions accordingly but both change hourly and so I have to change those decisions accordingly. I realise that it looks like it is chopping and changing but it really isn’t… I am doing nothing more than the forecasters…. changing my plans based on the weather as it and the forecasts change! Sorry again but believe me, no one is more put out than me!

Well this is a surprise… woke up this morning to a steady F5 with big gusts to F7 in my opinion. It is partly cloudy and quite cold too so not a nice summer day.

In view of this weather I have ruled out going to sea today at all. I will shift that same plan… Hartlepool to Scarborough… until tomorrow but I might leave quite early and assume that I have to run quite slowly. I won’t be able to enter Scarborough harbour until about 1615hrs so there won’t be any point in running fast if I leave early.

So, another day off listening to the radio! Can’t complain