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Lockdown in Strangford Lough

Colin and Rebecca Field are from Bristol. Colin is a Yachtmaster who volunteers as mate for Challenge Wales and Rebecca is qualified as a Day Skipper.

The two of us wanted an adventure early in our married lives, so after considering backpacking, working overseas and hiking, we instead decided to sail around Great Britain.

We devised a plan: buy a yacht, take breaks from our jobs as a systems engineer and a tea quality specialist and set off to cruise up the Irish Sea and over the top

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