July 29, Day 46. A chill day, it was too windy to get on the water first thing so I figured I’d wait it out and get on around 5 pm when the wind died down a bit. At some point in the day I decided not to get on at all and just camp here at Brandon’s creek. It’s a very historic place because it’s where Saint Brandon and his monks departed to sail to unknown lands. It took them 7 years to sail across the sea and on the way they visited the Hebrides, the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland and finally America. To prepare they prayed and fasted for months before hand and then they were off. So it feels pretty cool to be here. When I got back to the boat this morning I met a lovely British woman in her 50s with a little Jack Russel who had made a van her project to kit out.
She had camped next to my boat and was looked after it was very sweet. It started to rain and she invited me in for tea and I must have spent 5 hours in there throughout the day. It’s very cozy and artistic and looks like the total dream. We went on a walk around the waterfall and stream at some point and after a bacon sandwich and some reading in her van, we went to the pub later for dinner and pints. The pints were really creamy and smooth, of the better I’ve had this trip. Used the wifi as there’s no service down here by the river/pier and then back to the van for some Tullymore. A great chill day.
