Monday 29th July – Gloucester-Sharpness canal to Portishead – Distance – (10 miles) + 20 miles The chance to join the summer cruise with Lydney Yacht Club was an opportunity I wasn’t going to miss. For a couple of years … Continue reading
The Christmas holiday of 2012 had been fairly dark and wet. Most days were short, dark when waking and dark by tea time, made worse by heavy cloud and much rain. Plans had been made for a New Year’s Day … Continue reading
Saturday 4th July, a blistering hot day on the Severn Estuary with only a breath of wind. The scene was set for a lazy sail (but sometimes a drift) ‘down channel’ to Portishead. Phil and I launched ‘Green Bean’ from … Continue reading