Court Short

What a great purchase - practical and fun!  Doesn't go in a straight line, but then neither does the dinghy if Claire is driving!

The winds died off so we popped into Barry and went ashore to enjoy supper with 'Auntie' Nest and Carys.   A real treat.

It made us proud to be British ...  we had a wonderful day, watched Hand Ball and cheered Croatia and Denmark to victory, sat in the Park and watched the big screen, walked miles and eventually arrived home courtesy of  National Express totally shattered!

Ocean Rainbow had a day off ... her crew went to watch Polo and what an afternoon was had with the 9th/12thL carrying off the biggest silver cup imagineable. Well done Matt Eyre-Brook, Matthew Woodhead, Chris Fisher and Hugh Robinson .... and all the supporting cast who cheered them to victory.

Chris Gundry joined us for a sail under the Bridge towards St Pierre for lunch 'on the go' before returning to Portishead for the Grand Opening of London 2012 which we watched on the 'Big Screen' amidst international flags after an International Supper at St Peter's Church!   A great day and a great night.  

Thanks to Matthew and Frankie Shaw, who joined us on board for supper last night, we now have some wonderful charts covering lots of the Caribbean islands .. plus one covering the Bay of  Biscay!   It makes our adventure seem much closer but also a  bit worrying considering the amount of work still to be […]

Loathe to return home early we stopped off in Cardiff and made the most of our time there tidying up the boat and carrying out modifications in preparation for our round-the-world trip next year.

Two and half days rugged up in Padstow is all the credit card could stand so we slipped our mooring in Padstow at 0800 and set off for Barry and home.  We did manage to fly Charlie but sadly the wind died off during the night and we had to spend a fair amount of time […]

We were just 12 miles short of the Scilly Islands when the gale warning came through .... serious disappointment but we decided to alter course and head for Padstow.  James had suggested Newlyn but Claire thought the extra sailing to Padstow in rubbish conditions would reap its rewards!  She was right!   The credit card took a hammering […]

A well kept secret - what a wonderful place to stop .... and what an amazing mooring experience!!  Good job no one was videoing us, it would have been a red hot success on YouTube!  Slipped our mooring at 0800 and set off for the Scilly Islands.