Bell Rock Lighthouse, out & back

Sept 28th

Sea paddling out to the Bell Rock lighthouse was a blast. Wikipedia says The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse. It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock in the North Sea, 11 miles east of the Firth of Tay. Standing 35 metres tall, its light is visible from 35 statute miles inland. 

Thanks Martyn T for planning and leading. The Dunhill tournament golfers were going to get in the way at the Fife beaches so we launched from Arbroath. The actual track totalled 43 kms with spring tidal flows. The wind was a bit fresher on the way back in than forecast so overall we were out for about 10 or 11 hours,  Two PB’s for me;  a launch essentially in the dark, &  a much longer open water crossing than I’d done previously.

Brill.

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