Yesterday I fell and broke my foot.
Above is India Juliet, the Coastguard search and rescue helicopter serving the Solent area. It’s the helicopter which would have come and rescued me, had my accident happened anywhere more interesting than the stairs in my house.
So, this has not turned out to be the most productive weekend in terms of paddling, but whilst hobbling around on a stick I did spend some time pondering and then writing up tidal movements in the vicinity of Land’s End and Sennen Cove, out at the western end of Cornwall. I have no idea whether my final jottings make any sense, because I had this sort of source material to work with;
‘If S-bound from St Ives to Newlyn, aim to reach the Runnel Stone by HWD+5, ie with 2hrs of E-going tide in hand for the remaining 9M to Newlyn. To achieve this 20M passage, leave St Ives 5 hours earlier, ie at HWD and buck a foul tide for the first three hours, then use the S-going inshore current, keeping as close inshore as is prudent, only moving seaward to clear the Wra and the Brisons.’
It’s like a Sudoku puzzle, only with helicopter call-outs if you solve it incorrectly.
Sorry about your foot, Mark. If it’s any consolation, I have not been able to get out the last two weekends and I dont think I will make the Skye symposium either. Even worse I have had to cancel a trip with Cailean and Wenley. Sometimes life just throws the unexpected at us. There will be good times soon.
What drugs you are taking may well have an impact on how lucid you are! Sorry to hear about accident. Did Heather push you?
H - x
Oh bu***r! Sorry to hear that, Mark. Are you still going to the Scillies next week?
It’s not too bad, I think I’ve only broken one bone.
Going to Scilly even if my head falls off.