I am writing this from the lounge on the Stena line ferry where we are comfortably sat, looking out of the window at the sea we will soon be paddling on every day. Thanks to Stena Line for sponsoring our ferry travel to and from Ireland, including carrying our kayaks on.

I haven’t paused in the last 24 hours with last minute packing, buying, house tidying and decision making.now I am in that slight panic of wondering what I have forgotten.i am looking forward to being underway with everything I need in my kayak. This afternoon barry, roger and I will be in dun laoghaire poised ready to set off clockwise around ireland.we may start tomorrow although the forecast doesn’t look that promising. My kit bag is really heavy and I am not looking forward to having all that weight I the kayak. A lot of it is food, I got a bit carried away! It was very easy to check the kayaks in today although it was a bit strange to see them disappearing on the luggage carousel. Thanks to natural balance foods for providing us with lots of delicious and nutritious nakd and trek bars. Thanks to lyon equipment for some great julbo, ortlieb, aquapack kit sewell as an optimus nova plus stove and pan set which looks great. The multi fuel burner uses a magnet to clean the jet a which is pretty cool.

Thanks to kokatat for my paddling kit and valley sea kayaks for the etain 17.5 which I have for the trip. The new cockpit shape is really positive.

Ok the ferry is moving. Bring it on!
I will be putting updates on my blog as well as on facebook and twitter. We have a spot and will send an ok message at least once a day that will appear on a map on our spot page. Roger will also be sending updates to his blog. Www.coastalspirit.com