The two weeks spent in St. Katharine Dock were great fun and Paula and I walked to near exhaustion as we tried to make the best of the wonderful central London location. Among many highlights was a visit from Helen and David Harbour who are the editors of the Southerly Owners association magazine. The Association... Continue Reading →

31st March to 7th April 2014 – Chichester to St. Katharine Dock With the exception of a malfunctioning plotter (Raymarine are replacing it FOC), Hejira was in good shape for the departure at the end of March. A great deal of work has been done in Northney Marina over the winter and I have to... Continue Reading →

I have subsequently added this anecdote about my return to Devon for the final leg back to Hayling Island. I had been catching up with friends in my local pub and conscious that I needed to book my train back to Hejira in Torquay. Doing this 'post pub' turned out not to be a good... Continue Reading →

Big thanks to Bob and Dave who worked their fingers to the bone in our massive clean in preparation for the arrival of my wife, Paula. We had moved up  river from Falmouth to a mid-river visitor pontoon at Malpas, just short of Truro which should have been an easy location for our rendezvous at... Continue Reading →

It has been some time since my last ‘missive’ and so much has happened. Having decided to hire a car to explore beyond what would have been possible by yacht, I thought I would try to ‘look up’ the family of friends of my parents who had moved to Ireland some time ago and I... Continue Reading →