So Where you all been this year. So far!

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Dont keep a log, so a bit by memory.

New year. Tried to get out the Plymouth sound but the waves kept chucking us back. Settled for a trip round the sound with Pissetavelly possed and a visit to Cawsands and a beer. Then up to Calstock up the Tamar.

Febuary.

A party in Londinium. No boat involved, only forumites.

26 Feb. Plymouth to fowey, then Falmouth. Cos eberwatsit packed in so needed electricery and fan heater. Hung about Falmouth for a few days, & maybe then went to the Helford river.
Returned to Plymouth via round about route, f6 and pissed wet through, v.v.v rough trip, no heating and no bloody electric at the marina when we arrived back. Hiked up to office for hire lead. before finally proving there was no lectrickery, no matter what we did. Still shivering!!

April 21---3 May

Torquay, Brixham, Dartmouth, Salcolmbe.

Some each way. Cant remember. River Yelm somewhere in between.

June'ish
Plymouth, Looe, Fowey. Scilly isles. Fab trip, superbe weather and the Scillies just like a south sea island, golden sands, cristle clear water. A Jem. But dont get caught out!!

Newlyne, nice cheap diesel, 35p, then round the corner to Penzance. Fowey and back to Plymouth.

July 21
Plymouth...Weymouth, poole, Yarmouth, Lymington, Cohchester and a few places in between. The bloody deap water alarm went off just passed the Needles!! Weymouth, Dartmouth, Salcolmbe, Plymouth. Calstock, Plymouth.

Not taking into account quite a few barge trips, back and forth up and down the Lancaster canal. Including trip down inumerable locks to Glasson Dock and back. Canal boat club do's and BINGO!!!

Oh and Long John turned up a couple of times. Met up with Wiggo at Weymouth. A bloke in Brixham with his boat, that was working on the next house down the road from us just north of Preston. A Lancaster canal riverite that was a bit amazed at seeing us in Weymouth, and even more agog when we met him again going down the Lancaster canal.
 
On the Thames here so.....
Last night at the proms in Richmond
Bank holiday weekend in Windsor
Hampton Court
A few weekends at Stains ( i like stains)
Twickenham a few times
Sunbury ( im now moored there )
Kingston is a fave haunt too .
 
April first trip in the new boat: Lincoln to Hull. very shi**y the Humber, spolit the nice clean sparkle.
Hull to Ely: ditch crawling really from Kings Lynn to Denver. Thats a real Sh*t route and wont be doing it again till the new link is done.
Then biggest single journey: Ely via Kings Lynn to Levington (Suffolk Yacht harbour) non stop Lynn to SYH = 6 hours...fantastic and learnt lots about my baby.
Early June SYH to St Kats London. Nice trip except the raggie that kept shouting me to get a move on when entering the lock.....the boat was still new and i wasnt rushing for anyone....his SWMBO was quite taken a back when i told him to stick it [--word removed--] sideways
July fab trip to Holland...all this a big learning curve...which i guess never goes away. and Holland...cant wait to go again.
bit of ditch crawling on the Broads since.
Last weekend (Bank Holiday) a fantastic couple of pints of Adnams Broadside in Southwold..thats where Adnams is brewed....just worked out though....fuel Gt Yarmouth to Southwold 90 ltrs @ 48p/ltr + two pints for me and 2 for SWMBO + a round for a friend and his boat load who guided me in to Southwold and paid the mooring fee. most expensive couple of pints i ever had!
but.....would i do it again
you bet!..............Sea was great going but blew up a bit rough coming back. had to push it to get back for bridge lift at 4. nice bit of sea water shower (wasnt sure if the shower in my heads was still leaking so went for the open air option) and a some gentle slamming to give her some more tests.
i cant get enough but....
I WISH THEY WOULD FIX THE BL**DY BOAT PROPERLY!!! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
rant over...they have been trying a bit /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
rest of the season: might surprise the new SWMBO this weekend and go to Ipswich
Doug
 
To escape the maddening crowds............
gaining scenery, peace and good restaurants...................

Killary Harbour
Inishturk
Inishbofin
The most picturesque harbour?, Roundstone
Aran islands
Carrigaholt
Scattery island
Beeves
Foynes
Fenit
Illauntannig
Brandon
Smerwick
Blasket Islands
Ventry
Dingle
Knightstown
Valentia island
Skellig Michael

No long trips this year.........
just dawdling around.
 
Based in Southampton so this year:-

All points west to Salcombe and back (even towed stranded mobo deep into Portland Harbour!)
East as far as Chichester - very bold!
South to IOW - most of it anyway,
South east as far as Le Havre,
West from Le Havre to Honfleur, Deauville, St Vaast, Cherbourg to....
... the Alderney Race and into Beaucette, Guernsey.

Knockout year so far.
 
May bank hol - Dunkerque via Ramsgate. first trip across the channel, Dunkerque nothing special.
June - Brightlingsea, nice little town - good curry and water taxi works til 11-30 -great!
July - Lowestoft and Oulton Broad / R.Waveney - One of my favorite weekends (airshow included but missed the fireworks this year /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif )
July - Aldeburgh. Fantastic village - shame the Yacht club Boatman only works til 5pm - really must get an O/B for my Dinghy!!
August - Holland (Harwich - Flushing), Middelburg, Veeresmeer (Beautiful - crystal clear water - Islands are great) then back via Breskens (Ok'ish), - Oostende (great town Restaurants are fab - so is beer, but Marina (Mercator) is well past its sell by date.) then Nieuwport to Harwich / Ipswich.

This weekend....suggestions on a postcard?
 
Mostly messing around in the boat and short trips about ... but managed to cover about 700 NM in the 14 days vacation ... In no particular order....

Collieston /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Whitehills
Inverness
Caledonian Canal /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Loch Ness
Loch Oich
Loch Lochy
Copach
Loch Lhinne
Fort William
Dunstaffnage
Oban
Sound of Mull
Tobermore
Loch Sunart /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Salen /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Sound of Sleat
Mallaig
Kyle of Lochalch
Plockton
Portree /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Mar, Loch Lomond
Apr, Loch Lomond
May, Loch Lomond
May, Change of Boat
June,Loch Lomond
July,Loch Lomond
Aug, Loch Lomond
Sept,Season end, Due to big pregnant mrs!

This year has been a very strange year, not been able to do a lot! Looking forward to doing more next year, with a new crew member! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Most local trips many times, further afar a few times

Solent
Poole
Weymoth
Lulworth Cove
Brixham
Dartmouth
Chichester
Cherbourg
Guernsey
Jersey
 
Starting from Sunbury

April: Windsor
May: Windsor
June: Kingston
July: wow, Shepperton:-)
August: St Kats return, Chatham, Tonbridge, Gillingham (better than Chatham), Queenborough, Limehouse.

350 odd miles so far.

Now I want a couple of free weekends to do some more.
 
I've had a pathetic year for some reason - well actually it's probably because I've been on my own a lot and find it tiresome to travel far if sea state is moderate & above.. Must be getting old /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif.
Kingsbridge to:- Plymouth and R.Yealm 3 times. R.Avon twice. Hope Cove twice. Dartmouth and up the Dart 4 or 5 times. Brixham 3 times. West Bay(Bridport) once. Plus a lot of messing about in the Salcombe estuary. I'd normally go further West most years but haven't done this year - still I'm back to Devon in a couple of weeks time for 2-3 wks. so we'll see what the weather is like and if there's anyone down there that wants a few days in and around the Fal. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
Swale
Swale
Stangate creek
Medway
Cuxton Marina ( great place, you can watch eurostar trains all day as well as lovely countryside) No to mention a warm welcome by ...
Stangate creek
Swale
Swale
Ramsgate
Swale
Swale
Red Sand towers
Swale
Swale
Swale
swale
 
Lowestoft , Ipswich, St Kats,
Summer hols
Ijmuden, big run around Holland out at visslingham to zeebruge , stuck 3 days then back to lowestoft.
Back to nigeria by bird via Holland again, waiting to get home next week for trip out to Ipswich again.

Can't spell either?
 
Wales...
Conwy
Ireland...
Howth
Dun Laoghaire
Wicklow
Arklow
Kilmore
Dunmore
Skerries
Carlingford
Isle of Man...
Port Erin
Med...
Port Adrianno (charter)
And many great days just lazin about Dublin Bay, Dublin Islands, Sorrento (Dublin) and Wicklow anchorages.
What a great summer.
 
Solent (inc Swanage on numerous occasions) + Poole, Weymouth, Dartmouth, Brixham, Guernsey, Brighton, Dover, Zeebrugge, Zierikzee, Willemstad....

Rick
 
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