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Around the Island
Britain in a hundred days Stan Lester Around the Island is the story of a sailing voyage around Britain during
the spring and summer of 2005. Starting at Dartmouth it calls in at
traditional fishing harbours, busy yachting centres, bustling holiday
resorts, secluded lochs and the cities of Aberdeen, Newcastle and Ipswich
before returning to the River Dart a hundred days and nearly two thousand
miles later. It includes the stories of Starry Gazy Pie and the Blind Piper
of Gairloch, the Cod War and the decline of the fishing industry, the
drowning of the sixteen cities of the Cantre'r Gwaelod and the last days of the
West Coast puffers. Around the Island is highly readable
from a non-sailing perspective, while containing enough information to be
useful to anyone planning a similar voyage.
ISBN 978-0-9555441-0-1, 2007. Price £12.99 (paperback). A few copies
are still available via Ebay.
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