Ahoy me hearties – tis the pressgang for you
The historic dockyard in Chatham is an amazing place, one of England’s real treasures. Closed in 1984 and since developed into a huge museum, the yard has built all manner of ships including HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at the battle of Trafalger. Among many exhibits, they have three ships you can tour, her is HMS […]
Across the wild and lonely ocean
OK, so the Thames estuary is not really an ocean in the generally accepted scheme of things, but is was wild at times, although not very lonely either. We left Brightlingsea with a forecast of force 5-6 with thundery showers and, for a change, the forecast was right. The first few hours were a glorious […]