Day 2 – Lundy to Crackington Haven -- 22nd May – 27.6 nm
What a glorious day! Blue skies and an oily calm down in the bay.
I paddled out accompanied by a pod of Dolphins, I was mesmerised as they
frolicked beneath the boat and leapt clear of the water ahead of me. I set a
satisfying pace as I crossed towards the mainland. Soon I saw a shoal/ pod/fleet
of Basking Sharks – what amazing beasts! Later I had to pinch myself when I stumbled
across a Leatherback Turtle – what... a... day...
But then nothing could beat the final encounter as I watched
an Orca broach up ahead. It accompanied me for a while and I could sense the
empathy between us. Sea Kayaking brings us such amazing experiences.
Of course that’s all bollocks.
The high water launch at Lundy was a right pain, and then I
had to sneak timidly through a gap in the rocks to avoid the worst of the swell
and tiderace to get away.
The entire day was paddled inside the milk bottle, a few
hundred metre horizon in the fog, slogging through a crappy swell.
I caught a brief glimpse of the bottom of the cliffs just
before I arrived at Crackington Haven - that was it.
Welcome to Devon.
