The iconic Landguard radar scanner Last week we were looking forward to a gentle sail with our friends Alex and David. Alex sailed as a ...
Choppy Thames. This was meant to show the Anthony Gormley statue outside the Grapes pub, but does a better job of showing the "dremp...
We enjoyed Gillingham, although it's not generally as highly rated as Chatham. It was relatively quiet, Andy managed to walk to the Hist...
Blogger seems to have chopped off the end of my last post, so here it is again: I had every intention of updating the blog last night. But...
Well, we made it to London in one piece and really without any major traumas. On Tuesday Sam and I went down to Suffolk Yacht Harbour at lu...
We are planning one reasonable expedition this year. If the weather holds we plan to take Kalessin up the Thames to St Katharine Dock. We l...
I haven't posted much about sailing so far, mainly because we haven't done much. We dragged both boys along on a Haven Ports YC crui...
It’s been a while since I updated the blog but that’s not actually because we haven’t been sailing. It’s more that I’m waiting for a long vo...
Dear friends and family On the whole 2013 has been better for us than 2012, as we get used to a new way of life and Sam continues to im...
Kalessin reached Suffolk Yacht Harbour on the afternoon of Sunday 8 September, 28 months after leaving for the Baltic. Guy, Dan, Richard an...
Our last North Sea crossing in 2011... Next weekend Guy will be travelling to Denmark to sail Kalessin home to the UK, together with ou...
Well here we are back in the UK. Actually we got home about 8am yesterday, but what with one thing and another I didn't get around to po...
One of many memorial stones at Dybbøl Dybbøl Mill is the site of the Danes' valiant last stand against the Prussians in 1864. In ...
We are booked on a ferry home from the Hoek v Holland on Wednesday. So it's time to head back to Augustenborg, tidy up and pack. We defi...
