To the Arans and Beyond

So, the day is coming close (Saturday 24th June) when "The Goose" shall set sail from Carrickfergus with a view to travelling right around the coast of Ireland over the following number of weeks. Three of us will be aboard for the whole journey - Cap'n Diarmuid, 1st Mate Mark and lowly me (Neil). It is my hope that all three shall turn their hand to penning the odd post here - albeit, given my minimal experience of this boating lark, such non-nautical tasks (cooking, swabbing the decks, cleaning the toilets and including blogging) may initially fall to me. 

On top of this we will be hosting a few stowaways as we progress – the first being Diarmuid’s brother Kevin who shall hop aboard as we set off and attempt to remain on board all the way down to Dun Laoghaire.

More of all this anon, as this post is really just to get things up and running (floating?) – suffice to say for the moment that en route we are raising money for Friends of the Cancer Centre -anyone feeling flush could visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/IrelandSail - and a big thanks to all who have already contributed.