Autumn cruise Day 4 and 5
After the disastrous start to the week ,a day of rest, in which I ached like I hadn’t ached for a long time, day 3 (Tuesday) was a nice pleasant respite of doing absolutely nothing. Day 4 started like any…
Tony
Autumn Cruise Day 2 Disaster 2
I don’t know why but it seems that this holiday is fated before it starts, as you know, yesterday was a bit of a disaster, read on to find out what went wrong today. So, the day started like all…
Autumn cruise. Day1 Disaster1
It has to be said, as I write this, Tony is not a happy bunny. Our Autumn cruise so far isn’t going to plan, although I am cheered by the fact that a friendly skipper I know also appears to…
And it ended thus!!!!
As previously posted in an earlier episode, we camped on the river pontoon for friday night,as we’d planned a day out in Maldon on Saturday. Shelagh needed to visit a shop there to aquire some new jeans for work and…
Easter Break
Shelagh & I decamped from home on the Thursday before Easter and headed down to the boat, a longish couple of hours on the road arriving mid afternoon to find that Pleinair had been moved from her normal mooring by…
2017 So Far
Its been quite a while since I posted on here so here’s a little update of what’s been happening since 2015. Since the last posting things have progressed a little with SV Pleinair. To start with back in July 2016…
Bank Holiday Break, August 2015 The week before
Monday 24th August. Today was a case of shopping for the week then finish loading the car. We left home around lunchtime and headed off for the two and a quarter hr. run down to the boat, nothing spectacular in…
Bank Holiday Break, August 2015 (the weekend before)
I thought it was about time I committed myself to writing up our Bank Holiday week report. The week (well, more like ten days actually) started on Friday 21st with me meeting up with a friend of ours and…
August 28th passage plan.
August 28th passage plan. Depart Fambridge 11:00 Destination Bradwell marina. Eta 18:15 Panic after 2100. Alternatives burnham, or anchorage in branksfleet. Or Tollesbury marina. Weather forecast. Gibraltar Point to North Foreland. 24 hour forecast: Westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5,…
A lazy weekend.
After three weeks away from the boat we took advantage of a free weekend. During Friday i loaded the car with bits and pieces required for a couple of jobs I wanted to get done, clothes and grub. Shelagh duly…