Winter Education
We often get asked what we do during the winter. Apart from doing all the maintenance on the boats to make them shipshape for the new season, we still sail all year long but in January we stop for a month to give everyone time off to get holidays or jobs done at home etc. This also gives us a [...]
Harbour Update
Things are coming along really well with fixing the harbour pier, in fact they have finished now and its like we have a new harbour now. All the workmen have been really nice and very helpful over the summer of 2019 and a few of them have been fantastic with our girls in the booking office. They love a bit [...]
Out with the old and in with the new
We have been waiting for a while to tell everyone about our news but now is the time is right. We have sold Serenity III to a lovely couple in Northern Ireland and hopefully she will be as good to them as she was to us but the time had come for us to upgrade our vessel. Yes, that's right [...]
Basking Shark
Wow, what a day Friday 20th was.... It was just a stunning morning, with flat calm seas, beautiful sunshine, and crystal clear skies. We were on the way out with divers when I received a phone call from Ron, our the skipper of Mara Mhor, telling me that he has just spotted a Basking Shark in front of his boat. [...]
Harbour Update
The guys seem to getting on really well with the harbour upgrade but I do wish the had worked every tide and weekends as they would have been further ahead then they are. I think they are behind in their schedule but I suppose its major work and you are always going to get snags. Some spots on the harbour [...]
Red Kite
While on a trip the other day, we had just finished looking at the seals when all of a sudden I saw an Osprey but then all of a sudden we knew it was not an Osprey but a Red Kite. Talk about being very excited was an understatement but it was not just me but all of our guests [...]
Not so Common
We hardly ever see common seals at the Farne Island but the last couple of years we have seen one at least once but this year we have been able to see one last week at the Blue Caps and to make things even better we have spotted on for 3 days on the trot which was amazing. When we [...]
New Arrivals
I love to see all the newborn chicks around the islands and after the weather, we have had lately the parents have done a great job raising them under the circumstances. Yes, we have lost a good few chicks but overall considering the amount of rain we have had they are doing really well. We will not know until the [...]
Harbour Upgrade (click here for full story)
We have been waiting for a long time now but finally, the harbour has been given the go-ahead to get some desperately needed improvements and the piers will be fixed before its too late and we don't have a harbour at all. Yes, it's going to be a pain in the rear end as we have lost our parking along the [...]
Iceland Gull
While places in the country were enjoying the sunshine we were freezing our little behinds off out at sea. It was very quiet and hardly a soul around and who can blame them, as it felt like winter, not summer. Myself, Andy and John braved the weather to ensure our guests enjoyed themselves as much as possible. After showing them [...]