Day 5 in Largs

This is my 4th night here. Haven't been able to move south for southerly gales as I mentioned before. Strange how you can change from being so negative when you're tired and demoralised to sheer optimism and drive after you've had a rest. Nearly jacked everything in a couple of days ago. The weather and wind - or should I say the forecast is doing/predicting some very strange things these days. But it looks promising. If I can just get to the Isle of Man and take it from there. Looks like everyone is having beautiful weather down south. As much as I have a passion for Scotland I seriously want to get south. A guy called Mark on a boat called Celtic Wind gave me some serious inspiration along with the dependable and much appreciated support fron you guys and in particular a comment from the one and only Mr Simon O'Neill and his colleagues at Gateshead College where I once worked. Great to hear from you Simon. Are you still one step ahead of the men in black? Jed are you still on 2 wheels? Do you still use 'Poor Pablo'? (sorry private jokes) I'm only going to get one chance at this - I'm no spring chicken and I don't think I'll be allowed another 6 month sabbatical so I might as well give it a go. Thank you everyone so much for the support through emails, calls and texts - keep them coming please. They make such a difference and make me smile and sometimes lol.