Peterhead to Fraserbrough


Goodbye Peterhead




Another wet and foggy day here in the North East of Scotland. They say that while you are doing your weekly supermarket shop you miss summer up here, I can believe that. We decided to make a dash for Fraserbrough, round the corner, before the forecast storm comes in. So we left at 2 in rain and fog and as soon as we were out of the entrance we hit a big sea. I wanted to go back in but Josh in his usual style said "It'll be alright, it's just the swell round the entrance." Of course it wasn't alright, not by my standards. The horizon kept disappearing as huge waves (I am told by the captain this is swell not waves) kept approaching the boat. For the first time this trip I simply couldn't stay on deck and look at them, I had to go below. I hunkered down on the sofa and closed my eyes and hoped it would all go away, which of course it didn't. Every now and then the boat would shudder from head to toe as it was hit by the large "swell." Also we were rocking and rolling violently and the boom was very loudly banging from side to side at an alarming rate...no chance of putting the kettle on or going to the loo, however it was only a short trip of some 3 hours! I spent the whole time closing my eyes and hoping it wasn't real!

We arrived Fraserbrough in fog and got directed by the HM into one of the sheltered fishing docks. A bit grim and no facilities but we do have electric and there are pontoons, so no wall to climb, at this stage I am thankful for small mercies.

During the night the storm hit, it sounded and felt more like a hurricane to me. I got no sleep at all and just sat awake making cups of tea and searching for flights home on my laptop. I was just paying for an EasyJet flight from Aberdeen when Josh got up and asked me how I was. I won't tell you my reply. He said I couldn't go now I had come this far, so here I am still, just, with my finger still hovering over the" pay" button and feeling very sorry for myself right now. It is cold, pouring with rain and the wind is howling round the boat which is rocking and clanging and I am wondering why I ever wanted to do this! At the very least I am booking into a hotel tonight.

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  1. Cousin Sue7 June 2017 at 02:52

    Oh dear Julia. What an awful lot of bad weather you'be encountered. The North East coast does get an pretty awful time of it but from Fraserburgh onwards you'll be heading away from the worst of it and into the relative calm. Watch out for whales and dolphins from now on.
    Thinking of you both. Xc

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    1. Lunar Sea around GB7 June 2017 at 05:02

      Thanks Sue, I think this is especially bad weather. It must get better soon 😎

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