The people you meet and places you visit during your travels can have a lasting impact.
When I last posted here a couple of weeks ago, Isosceles sat in Portland marina while I was sunning myself in beautiful Weymouth. Since then I’ve been enjoying the sights of the English Riviera and south Devon. No, I haven’t moved particularly far, but that doesn’t mean nothing has been happening … When is an…
Last week I discussed why my trip is taking so long, never mind the repairs I was having to do to the boat. This week things have moved on, so what’s gone wrong this time? A weekend on the Isle of Wight I had spent a couple of days in the company of the Manning…
Leaving Ipswich is a real wrench. It’s become home, with real friends. It makes it harder to leave than when I set off from the Hamble. There the people were pleasant and the place was nice, but it was a soulless place. Ipswich, and Levington before it, have provided a community, a sense of belonging….
I’ve spent yet another week sitting at Suffolk Yacht Harbour, or more accurately spending my evenings in the lightship that is the home of Haven Ports Yacht Club. It’s very easy to sit around waiting for the world to happen at times like this, but the world will not come to you, you need to…
Two weeks ago I arrived in Suffolk Yacht harbour intending to spend a couple of nights here and then move north. Then the weather got stuck (apparently that’s an official Met Office term!) and the North Westerly wind has been blowing ever since. This wind is blowing towards the land and adds extra complications to…
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…
