June 25th Day 11. It is truly such a privilege to be able to do this trip. My setup that I work seasonally and could put money towards this to afford it, and better yet, be supported with a boat, pfd and paddle is really extraordinary. The boat alone is €5,000 more or less. And the people and organizations I’ve worked for who have supported me in the last year. It just cannot be done alone. Good long day today, nice quiet crossing to Hook peninsula, the water was like glass it was so lovely. Stopped in Slade harbor to fill water and use the public bathroom. Was feeling tired but as I came around the headland, a group of 10 or so people cheered me on and said hi and have fun and that lifted me so much. Got to get up close in the cove under the lighthouse which was really cool and paddled around it before doing the crossing across Waterford harbor.
The fog rolled in again so I called Steve just to talk it over and then went for it, no boats came as predicted looking at the vessel tracking map for the harbor. Kept paddling almost to Tramore but I wanted to find somewhere a little less crowded so I found a tiny little cove just before Tramore and the cows stared at me setting up my tent from the hill/cliff looking down into the harbor which was a funny sight. I hope they don’t try and climb down to check me out in the night. Wind was good today and tomorrow but I think the forecast says still bad for Thursday, Friday so I am trying to push to make distance before I’m stuck again.
