Month: August 2016

30th August – Tuesday We slept quite well, but woke early and were both up drinking tea well before our alarms went off at 7 o’clock. While Carole made the beds and wiped the condensation off the insides of the…

29th August – Monday  Our trip today was a relatively short one, but we still didn’t want to be pushing tide unless we really had to. Chris worked out that the best time to leave was about 9 o’clock, so…

Sunday 28th August We woke early Sunday morning and checked the weather.  Not much change but we had the wind and tide with us and there were no major hazards apart from getting into Dover.  We locked out of the…

Saturday 27th August We were up and all ready to set off for Eastbourne at 10:00 so that we rounded Beachy Head near low water.  We managed to put the sails up and were making good progress.  As we passed…

Thursday 25th August We returned to Gosport on separate trains as Chris had some work to complete in London.  Carole returned early afternoon and began preparing the boat and us for sailing to Brighton first thing in the morning. There…

19 – 22 August – Friday to Monday  As we tucked Daniel and Bobby into bed, we reminded them that we would be sailing across to the mainland the next morning so they would have to be up and ready…

18th August – Thursday  We awoke to a lovely bright morning and after breakfast and showers onboard, we got organised for our short sail into the Newton River. Chris filled our water tanks and checked our charts and books as…

15th – 17th August – Monday to Wednesday We spent three days at Yarmouth, really enjoying our time with Sally, Tony and children. On Monday we spent the day at the Needles landmark attraction. We visited the Alum Bay Glass…

14th August – Sunday   We awoke to a beautiful, sunny morning and after showers and breakfast, Carole took a walk to the Tesco’s to buy milk, water, etc to see us through while at Yarmouth as the stores there…

12th August – Friday We left our berth in plenty of time for the 10:00 bridge opening. There were several others leaving with us so we had to jill about for a few minutes in a limited space. The bridge…

8th August – Monday The morning began dry, bright and breezy and as our trip across into Weymouth was very short, we had a relatively lazy morning. We had already called Weymouth marina and booked ourselves in for a few…

7th August – Sunday Despite the strong winds overnight we had a reasonable night’s sleep. The problem here is that although the water is protected by the breakwater, the wind just comes straight in over Chesil beach with nothing to…

6th August – Saturday Our alarm went off at 05:30 and we quickly got ourselves ready to slip our lines at 06:00. Chris checked the weather forecast which was a SW 3-4 increasing W 5 later with possible fog patches.…

4th August – Thursday We were awake before the alarm woke us, with Chris immediately checking the latest weather forecast and Carole putting the kettle on for a cuppa. All looked as expected and so we got ourselves ready to…

31st July – Sunday We woke after a reasonable night’s sleep on the mooring and after getting washed and dressed, we decided that we would take the dinghy over to the town and treat ourselves to breakfast before heading off…

30th July – Saturday  We were awake just after 7 am feeling refreshed after a quiet night. After we had dressed and had our first cuppa, we sorted out the dinghy and outboard engine so that we could explore further…