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Saturday 2nd   As part of the run up to Christmas, Helen has two band concerts today, both in Wareham.  The first one was “Carols at the cross” started at 10:30 so we left straight after breakfast  taking the dog with us. Not too uncomfortable for me standing on South Street in Wareham with Lexie and… Continue reading December 2023 – Band concerts, Kitchen installations and Christmas rather get in the way of progress with getting the boat ready for sailing.

Wednesday 1st November    We have a 95% probability of rain during the day but  I planned to use the morning high tide (2.3M at around 11:30) to get to the boat and organise the drop nose pin & Genoa reefing. Always assuming there is nothing else needing dealing with after the unusually high water… Continue reading November 2023 – Another named storm plus medical appointments in Yorkshire and band concerts in Dorset

If you havent worked that out from the previous 6 years and 11 Months, I seem to be very good at getting distracted onto other things than sailing.  Even though the boat was afloat at a mooring at the beginning of this month, it was no different as Helen and I spent 3 weeks in… Continue reading September & October 2023 – Volunteering at a camp site in France and other procrastinating.

Saturday 1st July Three boats from the club were sailing in the annual “Round the Island” race today and the start fairly much coincided with the 10:00 meeting for newly joined members so we could have a tour of the club and an encouraging talk about volunteering. Slightly less use than intended as most of… Continue reading July 2023

Friday 1st June   Back to home in Doncaster at 10pm. Saturday 4th   Helen woke me up asking why I wasn’t getting on with things, then she realised it was quarter to 6 rather than quarter to 9. I ended up getting up anyway so was able to set off to the boat and make… Continue reading June 2023 More boat prep and a house move.

Sunday 7th May   We have an appointment at Lilliput sailing club for our interview at 7:15 so are doing that  and returning to the caravan for baked potatoes as supper. Thursday 11th May  Collected the tablet computer for electronic navigation on the boat – It should use the electronic versions of the paper charts that… Continue reading May 2023 A lot more work on the houses but significant boat work and preparation for a move to Hampshire.

My retirement plan had always included working the first week of the next management year so I could provide a completed set of annual reports on some of the patient safety work and that was achieved from my perspective. The final report on “Pathology labeling and sample quality improvement” has been submitted for release but I… Continue reading April and early May 2023 – Retirement and a celebratory cruise to the Fjords.

Rapidly heading for retirement and a house move to the south coast while also trying to make progress with two new additions to the collection of rental houses. The month started with a weekend trip to position our caravan on a seasonal pitch near Dorchester. That will allow us to look at areas where we… Continue reading March 2023 –

The new year started with a birthday do for our daughter-in-law. Transporting one of Svetlana’s wonderful cakes proved a little challenging as the chicken house fell off it’s stilts on the first roundabout. I wouldnt include cake decorating in a list of my skills but I did manage a moderately convincing mending job. As you… Continue reading January 2023 – Count down to retirement.