Category: England
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From Weymouth to Plymouth
Reading Time: 15 minutes 28th June 2024 We left Weymouth at 10:30 for the long route via the east of The Shambles and then south of the race off Portland Bill. It was a spring tide so I didn’t fancy the biscuit toss route inside the race. Even several miles south of the Bill it…
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Weymouth
Reading Time: 5 minutes 22nd June 2024 We arrived at Weymouth at 11:30 GMT and were allocated berth D4. Normally finding a berth requires a search of the pontoon ends with binoculars to spot the minute signs to denote “D pontoon” and then a guess to wonder whether you travel down the near side or…
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Beaulieu to Weymouth via Swanage
Reading time: Five miutes 16th June 2024 Beaulieu – and it certainly is a good place We decided to hide up the Beaulieu River for a few days while the strong westerly winds were blowing. It also happened to be The Round the Island Race at the weekend so we felt Cowes would be packed…
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Marinas and Harbours – Walton on the Naze to Portsmouth 2024
14th June 2024 Reading Time: 10 minutes As a reminder to myself, and maybe to help others cruising the South Coast of England, I thought I would review some of the marinas and harbours that we are stopping at. We are using a lot of marinas because we have a dog onboard and it simplifies…
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It’s the end of 2023 Sailing Season
20th October 2023 – Ipswich and Titchmarsh It has been a great sailing season. I really enjoyed bringing Sumara through the Caledonian Canal, around to Edinburgh and then down the East Coast. Then I joined Will Stirling to sail through the North West Passage which was a brilliant experience. To finish off the season, just…
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Sailing from Edinburgh to Walton on the Naze
Reading time: 15 minutes 30th June to 8th July 2023 Granton to Eyemouth 44 nm 30th June 2023 Granton Harbour is rather shallow, so it is wise to wait for a couple of hours of flood tide before heading off. Conveniently that meant a civilized departure at 09:00 GMT. The mixture of moderate to very…
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Three Forts Challenge Half Marathon
30th April 2023 Reading time: Two minutes It is called “The Tough One” but, to be really tough, you would need to enter the full marathon rather than the slightly wimpy half version that we opted for. It is without doubt a very hilly trail run but the hills are not quite as grueling as…
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South West Coast Path – Penzance to Penberth Cove
22nd March 2023 It was our original intention to go for a few days walking along the South West Coast Path heading eastwards and ending up at Lizard Point, but the difficulty in finding reasonably priced accommodation at this time of the year called for a change of plan. So we booked the camper van…
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Deal Half Marathon 2023
Grit and I have been running the Deal Half since 2014. It is covieniently placed two weeks prior to the dreaded Steyning Stinger, so if we had actually been following a training schedule, it would be a good point to start to taper off the training. However, we haven’t followed a training schedule, so we…
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South Dock Marina Berths Now 100% Residential
26th January 2023 Yesterday I attended a Southwark Council Planning meeting so that I could make use of a three minute slot to voice my objection to the following proposal: TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (AS AMENDED)Town And Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (as Amended)Our Reference: 22/AP/3036Site address: South Dock Marina…