Planning

The decisions you make before the boat

Almost everything that makes a day here good or ordinary is settled before anyone casts off: which town you start from, which hour you go, whether the thing you came to see is even open. These pages take those decisions one at a time, and every claim on them carries where it came from and the day it was checked.

They are written from a boat that makes these crossings every week, which is a different thing from a guide written after one visit. Where something has not been measured, the page says so instead of estimating it. How that works →

Nothing here yet. The pages are written from this season's notes, and none goes up until it has been checked on the water — which is slower, and the only reason it is worth reading. How that works →