Wind strengthening

Thursday 29 June

Showers punctuated the steadily building wind, keeping my crew inside to knit, complete a book of puzzles and play Scrabble. Supper was not too shabby: gnocchi with a Bolognese sauce, salmon and stir fried leek, courgette and green beans, but tricky to eat with the spare hand hanging onto water and wine glasses. Finally catching an unfavourable weather forecast, we followed the example of the other yacht and moved to anchor in the lee of the island at the North shore of Lamlash Bay, where it was much calmer than the previous day.