Last leg

Kingsferry Bridge open for us

The last 15 miles then, of our clockwise journey halfway round the UK from Lancs to Kent, by husband & wife co-skippers in our Nicholson 35.  Down the narrow, winding Swale, through the lifting bridge (where we had to wait 50 minutes after just missing a lift), through Queenborough and out along the Medway.  It would have been nice to sail the last stretch but, guess what: F4-5 on the nose, and we had to reach Gillingham before the tide dropped too low.

Home!

So here we are back at Gillingham Marina, where we had our Jaguar 25 in 2010 and 2011.

Some overall trip statistics:

49 days (+10 days weather bound before starting)
1,170 nautical miles
200 engine hours (more than we would have liked!)
379 litres diesel (includes much heating in first 5 wks)

Our travels are far from over - the plan for the big trip next year is going west all the way along the south coast to the Scilly Isles.