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From Journal 12 July 2003 Pharmacies have again yielded much entertainment. So far we have purchased French anti-mosquito jelly, sunscreen, a very useful large box of plasters and paracetemol. The French seem to be fonder of pharmacies than the Brits. … Continue reading →

Extract from Journal: Friday 12 July 2003 The moon is rising above the trees, the frogs are croaking, fish are jumping and there is the distant sound of traffic and the occasional firework. An idyllic spot – somewhere up the … Continue reading →

2003 saw a different kind of “sailing” holiday….. Hal – by then Halcyon of Seil (she had to be renamed in order to be registered abroad) was in the French canal/river system. Thursday 10 July 2003It is becoming increasingly evident … Continue reading →

Written about later o­n in the week at Ramsey…..(I had drawn a diagram of the veritcal ladder up the side of the harbour.) It deserves mention, if for nothing else then for the remarkable fact that none of us complained … Continue reading →

Boating in 1995 – the first year of Hal – was eventful to say the least. After the new engine was fitted and the boat taken back to its home base at Maryport, the idea of a trip to Ireland … Continue reading →

Funny how often there are breakdowns, incidents at sea…etc. Boating is like that. At the end of the Shake-Down cruise in the summer of 1995 there was a problem with the engine. Something major happened – cannot remember exactly what. … Continue reading →

You really need to know the tune of The Hokey Cokey to appreciate this extract from 5 July 1995 written after arriving at Tarbert, Loch Fyne. You put the fenders o­n the portYou put the fenders o­n the starboardThen you … Continue reading →

Brief extract from log of Tuesday 4 July 1995 Re Lochgilphead….Anywhere with as many banks and churches just has to be a town. Nowadays I am not so sure about that. But it can be hard to find a bank, … Continue reading →

From Boat Log: Saturday 1 July 1995 We have been rudely awakened as the Captain – bleary-eyed and in a panic, donned jogging bottoms and rushed aloft bare-chested. More rushing around o­n deck whilst he re-anchored. The subsequent embarassment has … Continue reading →

Extract from boat log: Friday 30 June 1995 The Captain gave us a spot of mild hilarity a short while ago – by shooting past the boat o­n his return from doggie-dump patrol, brushing madly at midgies…. He was wild-eyed … Continue reading →