Day 6 Milford Haven to Fishguard

Leaving the Milford Haven estuary

We took 20 minutes to get out of the lock just before 7am and motored off with a couple of fishing boats down the estuary too the Pembroke coast and the islands of Stockholm and `Skomer. We passed inside Skomer with a following tide and suffered across the eddies at 10 knots. Motoring became the order of the day once more, but the weather was fine and warm and we had a good tide pushing us north. We notice how sparsely inhabited the coast is alt he way as we passed St David's Head and up to Strumble Head. The rocks and small island around the South Bishop group war spectacular and we remarked on the disturbed water we encountered in calm conditions and wondered how impossible our route would have been in stronger winds and adverse tides. The last hour provide sufficient following wind to goose-wing the sails and glide peacefully into Fishguard. We follow the Sten europe in, presumable from Rosslare.  Tomorrow we continue to Aberystwyth.

St Annes Head

South Bishops Rock Lighthouse

Sailing "goose-winged" into Fishguard