Exploring ashore
Anchored off Brightlingsea, we decide to go for a walk ashore on Mersea Island. The pilot book promised a feast at the Oyster Company, where we could buy fresh crab, lobster and other shellfish, and a convenient walk to the local pub afterwards. The forecast predicted a force 6, and we’d not been anchored in […]
The Northern cruise goes South
In a change to the advertised programme…. After a steaming hot July, August came in changeable and moody. As our big cruise got nearer, the weather refused to settle and the prospect of a week on the Northumbrian coast with rain and contrary breezes didn’t look quite so attractive all of a sudden. So, in […]
Windy Weekend
We didn’t have any firm plans for this weekend, and the forecast was grim, so when we were invited to a 4th birthday party we decided to go along, enjoy the morning and then I would take the kids over to the boat and let Gesa have a much needed 24 hour break at home. […]
Motorised watercraft – the good, the bad and the stupid
As a ‘rag and stick’ man, the temptation is to scorn the ‘others’ who like to burn vast quantities of fuel in order to get from A to B, or often just out and back to A again. However, about half our neighbours on F pontoon are ‘stinkies’, and they are the half we find […]
More photos from Brightlingsea beach
Just couldn’t resist posting a few more, it really was a beautiful evening.
Brightlingsea, Essex
One’s view of Essex is somewhat tarnished with the thought of the M25, dreary towns like Brentford and Essex boys entertaining the local girls in over-revved Vauxhall Corsas with excessively large exhausts Brightlingsea and the surrounding coast is a revelation. This sleepy side of Essex has interesting beaches, colourful beach huts and the traditional waterfront […]
A trip to the beach – Ty Dewi style
After the previous day’s party, everyone was tired but we had resolved to spend some time afloat as July is full of other occasions that keep us from sailing, so each opportunity is precious. We had our friends Corinne and Edo, with their three kids, along too, so on a day of hot sunshine and […]
London Cruise – Medway to home
There are some trips where you just have to grin and bear it and get home. This one was going to be a pain, with tide and wind against us most of the way. At least for the first couple of hours we got to sail, and that was good but it soon turned into […]
London Cruise – Limehouse to Medway
Take Friday’s entry and reverse it. That’s pretty much what we did, and the wind had done the same and swung into the north east just to maintain the pattern of always blowing from where we’re going. We did manage to sail for the last hour, when we turned south into our anchorage, and were […]
London Cruise – rest day (2)
After an hour back on board, we met up with the crew again for an Italian meal round the corner from the marina in a lovely square, complete with fountain and café’s, it had many echos of continental Europe. The kids really enjoyed being able to run around, play and make friends whilst the adults […]