Arrived to brilliant sunshine and 25C but today 15C and persistent rain, same forecast for tomorrow. The entrance lock is…
Fairly easy passage, Bft4 initially, made the tide in Elbe so continued past Cuxhaven. Now around 8nm to run. Only…
What a lot of Brits like to know about the island Bit dull if I am honest, the place has…
I departed Lauwersoog well set for the night sail but a close run thing occurred. Now, to confess, in the…
I started doing detailed passage plan based on day sail to Norderney and looked at the height of the tide…
Day of bridges, locks and concentration, got in at 19:00 so nine hours.
Weather is a great plus in terms of wind direction and outlook but could be a bit blowy and bumpy,…
Dull the Odido supposedly 5G.
Best laid plans, had a look at the waves and weather and opted for a quite life, plan remains to…
Bob Leckie, featured in the Pacific, Helmet for my pillow, from the island to the pacific, new to me from…
So, five days of hanging about in port, some partying, shopping and playing tourist around the city (seems the Rotterdam…
Bft 3-4, occasionally 5 is the forecast. New Genoa is, transformative, solid 7 knots a little closer than half wind,…
Domestic water tanks cleaned and closed up, quite an involved job so glad to see the back of it! Remove…
Great night in Sedan seeing Richard, so good that he is mentally ok after lower left leg removed; Hughes syndrome.…
Woke late, needed the sleep and was thus late on the road. Just on six hours straight with a 10…
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To some extent this impacts on my ideas. Must be an issue for shipping and undersea work, fishing, aviation et…
An easy drive down to Calais and the channel tunnel kicked off my annual pilgrimage to friends and family, something…
Some interesting conversations during my visit to UK prompted me to take the argument to first base. Two questions seem…
Grrrrr, the state owned broadcaster is, in my opinion, heavily left wing biased in its reporting. The “Rwanda” bill was…
Could it be they are so well trained? The choice of beer in NL is certainly there, but my direct…
Paul is an old friend and Jibrel, his brother in law.
Eventually finished a rather poor result in wine made with grapes from de Dijk. My fault, used 25l vessel for…
Ho Hum, teeth cleaning appointment, covid jab / prik appointment, ship appointment, it seems that demon life has got me…
Plans somewhat thrown up in the air by dates for Corona and Flu jabs, 1st November. Dentist 10th October, reminder…
Time to move too.