Land’s End to John O’Groats

Yes; I was tired, but not at heart;
No­ – that beats full of sweet content,
For now I have my natural part
Of action with adventure blent;

Charlotte Brontë, ‘The Wood’

Mark: An object the sailing instructions require a boat to leave on a specified side, a race committee boat surrounded by navigable water from which the starting or finishing line extends.

Racing Rules of Sailing, Definitions

The primary goal for leeward mark roundings is to put yourself in a good position for starting the next beat.

David Dellenbaugh

For those in peril on the sea

from the hymn ‘Eternal Father strong to save’, William Whiting, 1860

Oh when the saints go marching in / Oh when the saints go marching in / I want to be of their number

Gospel hymn

She did not know that this was the best thing she could have done, and she did not know that, when she began to walk quickly or even run along the paths and down the avenue, she was stirring her slow blood and making herself stronger by fighting with the wind…

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Hey hey hey

It’s a beautiful day and I can’t stop myself from smiling

Michael Bublé

She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes

Traditional

It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult

Queen Elizabeth, Christmas Speech, 1957

The snail is a compact design combining organism and habitat. The snail is incredibly powerful, so powerful that it carries its house wherever it goes.

Vincent Okay Nwachukwu