Date: Tuesday 8th September
Anchorage: Loch Sunart
Position: 56°39’.404N, 05°53’.766W
Distance: -NM

Spent the day at anchor, some of the time very windy. Learned about birds and fished for mackerel. Hopeful that will be able to move off tomorrow as the weather forecast gets better. Today was a fairly slow day, but for a second day it was quite nice. There were quite a few activities going onboard. Some people were holding lively conversations about public health, corporate law, and the likes. Other people were fishing; only two were caught today. All of us, but snoozing Federico, had an interesting lesson about the different types of birds we could possibly encounter. As these activities were ongoing there were ominous weather broadcasts predicting the weather to worsen for a while before getting any better, first time this season a predicted force 9-11!!!! However, we did get a glimpse of sunshine right before dinner which gave all of us some hope of the days to come. Dinner consisted of four delicious and fresh mackerel, cottage pie (it was the first for some of us), and vegetables from Phil’s garden.