Managed to sail to Cape Clear Island although the swell was pretty horrible until we got round Mizen Head and it was behind us, rather than sideways on. We stayed a few days at Cape though we didn’t see much of the island as most of the time it was shrouded in fog!
For the first time we actually used our fender boards as we tied up against the wall in the inner harbour well out of the way of the ferries and fishing boats.
Filling the tanks was a repeat of the episode at Glengarriff, with about 60 litres of water being ferried by dinghy each time from the tap on the quay opposite Talia. Similarly, diesel was topped up by several visits to the pump with cans and we were lucky enough to be able to get petrol too. One of the reasons we stayed a few days was that fuel was only available from 9:30 to 4:00 on weekdays and we arrived late on Friday afternoon, so couldn’t fill up until Monday morning.
We made friends with the guy who runs the little shop / bar / café on the quay and popped in several times for meals or drinks. Pippin became dubbed the mouse-hound after she went ballistic one quiet evening (luckily with no other customers around!) and found traces of mice behind the freezer and under a shelf. A rapid hunt for mouse traps ensued and after eight were set in various places, two of the wee beasties were caught overnight.
Filling the water tanks was a repeat of the episode at Glengarriff, with about 60 litres of water being ferried by dinghy each time from the tap on the quay opposite Talia. We had reason to be grateful for making the effort when we moved on as both Castle Haven and Glandore/Union Hall have contaminated water supplies so all water needs to be boiled before using it to wash food or cook with or even cleaning your teeth.
For the first time we actually used our fender boards as we tied up against the wall in the inner harbour well out of the way of the ferries and fishing boats.
Filling the tanks was a repeat of the episode at Glengarriff, with about 60 litres of water being ferried by dinghy each time from the tap on the quay opposite Talia. Similarly, diesel was topped up by several visits to the pump with cans and we were lucky enough to be able to get petrol too. One of the reasons we stayed a few days was that fuel was only available from 9:30 to 4:00 on weekdays and we arrived late on Friday afternoon, so couldn’t fill up until Monday morning.
We made friends with the guy who runs the little shop / bar / café on the quay and popped in several times for meals or drinks. Pippin became dubbed the mouse-hound after she went ballistic one quiet evening (luckily with no other customers around!) and found traces of mice behind the freezer and under a shelf. A rapid hunt for mouse traps ensued and after eight were set in various places, two of the wee beasties were caught overnight.
Filling the water tanks was a repeat of the episode at Glengarriff, with about 60 litres of water being ferried by dinghy each time from the tap on the quay opposite Talia. We had reason to be grateful for making the effort when we moved on as both Castle Haven and Glandore/Union Hall have contaminated water supplies so all water needs to be boiled before using it to wash food or cook with or even cleaning your teeth.
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