Home at last

Before leaving the Medway, we spent a very pleasant night anchored in Stanfleet Creek once more. A bit of passage planning made it very clear that the tide would be perfect for a trip home if we left at 4am….. Some lively discussion resulting in a decision to get up early (4:30 was a reluctant […]

Submarines are for small people

Chatham offers the chance to tour one of the navy’s old diesel subs, HMS Ocelot, the last boat built for the Navy here, although they built three more of these subs for the Canadians later. (Selling our old technology to the Canuks, as usual) It’s a long time since I was inside a sub – […]