Archive for August, 2007

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The sun rises for a last hurrah

Despite awful weather in the week preceeding the Bank Holiday weekend, the sun managed to make its presence felt properly over the weekend and no time more so than Saturday.
We slipped our moorings at around noon and headed for the picturesque town of Beccles in Suffolk. Beccles is several hours cruising from our base […]

Evolution

Someone once said to me that when anyone buys their first boat they think they’ll keep it for many years but most end up parting company with it after just a short space of time.  With a viewing on another boat next Tuesday it looks increasingly like there might have been more wisdom in that […]

The sun shines in the south

By south I mean the southern rivers, of course!
This weekend saw us finally get the weather we’ve been waiting for. Seemingly the appearance of summer goaded every other boat owner in Norfolk to take to the rivers as well so we had plenty of company.
The first job was to get her out of the […]