Doing things in Cambridge
Some photos being: – Max and Issie get serious shore side playtime. – Dad and I get playtime too – recaulking the coachroof and chainplates – You’ve gotta eat crabs in Maryland – a dozen steamed crabs caught in this very river. A messy task with the hammer but oh so tasty. – Balancing on […]
Maritime Cambridge
Cambridge has a rich maritime history, and some of it was still developing right in front of our eyes. The harbour basin we were in is fringed with a mix of new apartments and docks for local yachts and fishing boats. At the far end, a drawbridge opens to allow access to the upper creek, […]
Any town named Cambridge gets our vote….
Cambridge really did turn out to be better than Oxford, and in so many different and unexpected ways. We arrived after a short trip down the Choptank River, wound our way through a narrow channel into the harbour and prepared to anchor in a little space marked out as available in the pilot guide. As […]
Issie and Maxism
Background. We have a policy of answering the kids questions properly whenever we can. As a result they have a pretty good working knowledge of the birds and the bees, among other things. So today they are playing ‘astronauts’. The blanket is down as their magic carpet, the walkie talkies are space radios, they have […]
Ah, Annapolis
Some towns are just, you know, right. Not too big, nor too small. Not too posh, nor too grungy. And perhaps it helps to visit them on a warm and sunny week when everyone is in party mood for the biggest boatshow in North America. Whatever it is, we really liked Annapolis. There are many, […]
Issieism
Issie has a great set of ‘kids Shakespeare’ books which she is really getting into now. ‘My favourites are Twelfth Night and Helmet’, she told us yesterday. That’ll be the one about the crazy Danish protective headgear, then.
Oxford Roadkill
Oxford may be a sleepy little place devoid of much entertainment but, if you will permit the slightly gruesome topic with a nod towards forthcoming Halloween, this town does have the most interesting roadkill. In a short walk we saw the two following animals who probably met an untimely end under the tyres of an […]
Oxford, MD
Here we are in Oxford, Maryland. True to form, Oxford is a sleepy, unremarkable town of the banks of a minor river. This Oxford is really sleepy, with a large collection of elegant old houses, a couple of inns, a few boatyards and the occasional antiques store and yacht sales office. On reflection, it’s surprising […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Fear not, my American friends, we are not sadly mistaken because it is Canadian Thanksgiving today, a month before the local version. We almost forgot, surprising because back in Cambridge we used to celebrate each year with a big dinner for our Canadian friends. Here we were lucky enough to be meeting up with friends […]
Photos from our trip to Worton Creek
Being: – It’s getting colder, we wear boots, jeans and jackets these days….. – …. and the geese are flying south – but we can still stay warm around a campfire on the beach – and watch the sun setting.