At the end of my last blog I was sitting in Suffolk Yacht Harbour after crossing the Thames estuary from Ramsgate. Unfortunately I ended up spending the week there with a changeable weather forecast, based mainly on wind coming from the north which is exactly where I’m supposed to be heading. The forecasted wind strengths…
I started this week holed up in Sovereign Harbour at Eastbourne. The wind was being uncooperative, not for the first time this year, or indeed the last I’m sure. I eventually managed to cast off the lines again on Sunday (14th May). Leaving through the lock was a challenge, not helped at all by the…
After a month of delays, and many years of planning, the time had finally come to set off on my Round Britain trip. Sunday 7th May The first day was a short trip round to Portsmouth. I’d always planned this as a short starting trip, easing myself in to life on the boat for the…
When you are planning a grand adventure you look at all aspects of what you are doing; the people and places you’re visiting, the sights you want to see and of course paying attention to the obvious pitfalls and dangers so you can avoid a bad experience and plan for a great one. However sometimes…
