My north Devon adventure – with a mad dash to the island of Lundy

A rocky bay on Lundy’s south coast. Photograph: Slawek Staszczuk/Alamy

Adventure may be created by taking risks, or it can be brought on by the unexpected. Like when you book four days on the island of Lundy, 11 miles off the coast of north Devon in the Bristol Channel, and hare down there in time for the ferry, only to be told: “It’s cancelled. High winds.”