I went to visit Althorp this weekend.  This is the ancestral country estate of the Spencer family.  I had an…

The canal boat The boat looms large in lockdown.  I can honestly say I learnt to drive a narrow boat…

We seem to have reached some sort of equilibrium about / on the boat I don’t fully know what has…

Quirk lost his phone this week.  Last week he lost his lovely new glasses.  I got to near the agreed…

It felt a little bit easier this week-end.  I was thinking about it this morning lying in bed and I…

The next two weekends were testing times.  This is because the task of steering /driving / cruising – call it…

I have read that it is good for old people or even anyone to feel some fear every day.  I…

  I like Whilton Marina a lot and I am glad, that as complete novices, we bought our boat there. …

    During the lock down I did many things.  I did a lot of thinking and took actions on…

The family group has been in Bali on our own private group Intrepid tour. What impacts me positively about the…

The Hermitage convinced me that I need to buy a chandelier.  If you see nothing else in St Petersburg, not…

The guide at Novgorod, the oldest city in Russia, was Natalya.  She thought there was good and bad in all…