At last it was time to leave and make our way back 80NM to Swansea. As this was 7 days after we arrived, the tide had moved around to the early morning – so we left as soon as the gate opened at 0430 – it was just daylight!
This was a pleasant trip with wind and swell behind us. But there was a spring tide against us for the first part of the day, so we avoided the Hartland Point tidal gate and set our course close to Lundy.
We arrived back at the Tawe Lock in Swansea at 1830, just before high water, and the lock was on free flow.
Now on our way back, we spent a few days in Swansea in better weather!
We walked on the coast path around Oyster Bay from the docks to Mumbles Head.
