Sunday 7th April

After two days without us, Holt and Cordingley are back! At present, we sit moored in Loch Ranza, singing along to Katy Perry’s ‘Hot ‘n’ Cold’.


We had a shaky start to the day, discovering that there had been a theft overnight. Having purchased a reasonably priced pack of toilet rolls the night before in Campbeltown. Out of the goodness of our hearts, the rolls were left in the public toilets as we tried to give something back to the town which had welcomed us with open arms. However, upon visiting the toilets again in the early morning, we were horrified to discover that the rolls had been stolen by a new gang of local youths. As you can probably imagine this led to widespread panic among the group, as we hunted down a fresh roll. As things were becoming increasingly desperate, Cordingley ventured heroically into the unchartered territory of the lady’s toilets to recover a roll, as Holt looked on in pure disgust. Luckily, five to ten minutes later, the situation was relieved and we all returned to the boat in comfort.

We set sail from Campbeltown at around 9 o’clock this morning, and have sailed all day to Loch Ranza, without the aid of the engine. During the journey, we encountered a vessel of the naval variety, spotted by Cordingley on the approaching horizon, just off the port bow. As we drew closer, it became apparent that they were heading straight towards us, and showed no signs of backing down. As the severity of the situation increased, Mackin called for an ‘attack jibe’, much to the confusion of his comrades. After the ‘attack jibe’ was explained to us and executed, the naval vessel fled in terror, and we were free to continue on our original course.

Upon arrival at Loch Ranza, Holt and Cordingley once again began work in the kitchen to prepare tea. It could be said that the pair made the chilli dish look easy, but it was not without it’s dramas. The paramount of which was a slight cultural error on our part. As a result of Cordingley’s ingenuity in the kitchen, and a desire to add flavour and colour to boring rice, as witnessed on previous nights, the pair added a beef stock cube to the rice, which threw up some severe ramifications, namely that Hiren cannot eat beef. Luckily, the dynamic duo recognised the error of their ways before serving, and poor Hiren had to make do without rice, but selflessly settled for more Doritos with his ‘sensational’ chilli.

As expected, the banter is yet to cease, and the trip has so far turned out to be very enjoyable.

Written by Will Holt and Mr Sam Cordingley (the dynamic duo)

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