Kayaking To Ireland In The Dark.

Barry and Justine on New Years Day kayak over 50 nautical miles from Wales to Ireland in winter, a week after the shortest day of the year. They imagined doing this in Summer but the Summer came and went without the Easterly wind that they wanted to push them along in the right direction. Then over the last 10 days, they’ve had consistent Easterly winds and bright skies.

We only managed to snatch an hours sleep that evening before leaving the house around midnight, to drive south to Porth Oer ( otherwise known as Whistling Sands), a beach near the tip of the Llyn Peninsula. We planned to leave in the dark so we could be sure of arriving at unknown territory in the daylight.