Category Archives: Boats

Travel Theme; Hot

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Barbara

When our summer finally comes and we’re hiding from the noonday sun, it is hard to imagine ever being able to wear jeans, let alone woolly jumpers, hats, scarves & gloves.  When the frost stays on the ground all day … Continue reading →

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Shoes – The perfect antidote to a rainy Wednesday

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Barbara

This is my second post about shoes If you have read my first post : Shoes – The perfect antidote to a rainy Monday, you will probably not believe what I am about to write… My other favourite shoes are … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme; Soft (2)

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Barbara

My children having a wonderful time in some deliciously soft mud 🙂 Here’s my first ‘Soft’ Picture & story To find out more about this weeks Travel Theme, hop over to ‘Where’s My Backpack?‘ This week’s Travel Theme is Soft!

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Travel Theme; Soft

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Barbara

In Ireland we have an expression “It’s a soft day thank God” A soft day theoretically is a day when the rain is very fine, but often the type of rain that soaks you to the skin without you really … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme; Sunsets

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Barbara

I love taking photos of sunsets, and have managed to enter plenty of them already in the Weekly Photo Challenge : Silhouette!  In the end I posted 4 sets of photos, and I had lots more to chose from. My … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge; Renewal

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Barbara

I very rarely am up early enough to see the dawn, let alone photograph it.  A few years ago we decided to take our boat from Windsor to Rochester in the Medway at the mouth of the Thames. The river … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme; Spooky

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Barbara

When we first got our boat in 2004 we took her for a fortnight’s holiday in the Med.  The River Medway I mean, one of the tributaries to the Thames near the estuary.  The weather, unlike this September was glorious, … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Barbara

Today we had to bring our boat from Emsworth Marina in Chichester Harbour to Langstone Sailing Club in Langstone Harbour for her lift out for the winter.  We had hoped to be able to sail at least the part of … Continue reading →

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Heaven

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Barbara

The jet stream truly really seems to have moved! And on the best possible of days, the first day of the school holidays. We have become so used to having lovely summers all the way from May until July 20th, … Continue reading →

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A well earned day off :-)

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Barbara

Having completely industrially cleaned my living room and hallway yesterday, re-arranged the whole place, and then helped Peter start our MASSIVE garden project, we decided we needed a day off 🙂 The house is looking much better, the garden has … Continue reading →

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