Natures teaser - breakfast in Supper Cove following a whole day of torrential rain.
Just to prove we weren’t posting pictures from the internet!
I awoke early to......... you guessed it,. torrential rain which later turned to thunderstorms and lightning..... .. then more heavy rain, it never stopped all day. I decided to get out the yoga mat that had been gathering dust! It was great to stretch out the body and do some exercise again, I am missing not going to the gym as well. Got some hard work to do when I get back up north! We were going to go fishing but gave that a miss after the rain check and instead carried out some ceiling panel maintenance inside H3 checking all the fixing screws, many of which needed nipping up after the rugged journey south. It was great to be fully occupied for the day instead of sitting around feeling sorry for our selves. We listened to the weather late in the day and it went something like this, (remember this is after 8 consecutive days of crap weather)! Saturday rain easing, sea 2M rising later in the day Wind rising 25knots (this is the best forecast since we arrived in the Sounds). Then is goes, Sunday 35 knots, rough seas 3.5M swell. Monday 35knots rough seas. Tuesday 50knots easing to 40knots in the afternoon the seas will be 5 metres at least! Robin and I are just hoping Wednesday is better because we will be heading to Bluff Harbour, unless it remains at 50knots. We know we can do 35knots gusting 45knots but no more. The sea will be behind us, so once we get around Puysegar Point (Preservation Inlet) we will have wind and sea from behind which is a lot easier on the boat. Now we are about to prepare dinner and relax for the evening in readiness to head out to the entrance of Dusky to catch some food. After which we will head off to Preservation Inlet to sit it out until Wednesday. The journey will take us about 2.5 hours depending on the sea conditions, which will be 25 degrees off our Starboard side, meaning that we will be rolling side to side quite a lot. We were so pleased to be shown what the Sounds can look like on a beautiful still day, with mirror smooth waters to reflect the extreme landscapes of this breathtaking region, even though we were now heading out to sea again. Before we had exited Dusky it was beginning to cloud over again............bugger!