"One day I will share the difficult journey I experienced across the Irish Sea” Chris Ellery Chris has thanked rescuers A Bristol man who ended up in Ireland after he went missing in a small boat in the Irish Sea has spoken of his ordeal. Chris Ellery who had set off on a solo trip from Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, last Thursday sparked a massive search when he failed to return. However, three days later, the 54-year-old walked into a Garda station in Co Wicklow, having landed on the shores of Kilmichael Point, which he described as “a beautiful remote part of Ireland".
He has also since set up a GoFundMe page to "help support these incredible organisations" after hundreds of RNLI and HM Coastguard volunteers searched the Pembrokeshire coastline for him. The keen photographer posted on social media that he wanted to thank "everyone whose kind messages and support kept my family and friends going during these last few difficult days". His worried family who had arrived in Fishguard after they had not heard from him, had earlier appealed for help in finding him.
Chris has thanked rescuers But Chris wrote: "Just to let everyone know I’m safe and sound back in the UK. "One day I will share the difficult journey I experienced across the Irish Sea, but for now I will focus on the positive and lighter side of my time in Ireland." After arriving in Wicklow Chris told how he was walking to a local Garda station, when a “kind soul called Shay pulled up in his car and asked if I wo.