We cast off from Godstow at 09.05, and we hadn’t been motoring for very long before we came across an 18ft cabin cruiser drifting aimlessly…
Category: Our Skûtsje journey to the UK
We left Pangbourne at 08.30, and very soon I was operating my second automatic lock. All was still fairly quiet on the river until we…
We awoke to a grey morning, but on the upside, it wasn’t raining when we cast off from Boulter’s lock at 09.00. Our spirits were…
We left Kingston at 10.30. We thought we might be in for a wet day given the grey skies, and the rain we had heard…
We left Whitstable at 05.30 to avoid being in the harbour at low tide. The weather was lovely again, and the sea was calm making…
We had planned to shop for provisions this morning before our last night in the marina, but we woke up to find sunny weather, and…
We rose early to catch the shipping forecast for Dover: Wind North or Northeast 4 or 5, occasionally 6 Sea state: moderate occasionally rough, weather:…
Yesterday we were all set to go at 08.00 today. However, the weather did not hold out for us to depart. In the night the…
Another day in Dunkirk, but the weather seems to be calming down a bit. We have checked the shipping forecast this morning, and it would…
This morning we resigned ourselves to having to stay in Dunkirk for at least another couple of nights. The weather was getting progressively worse, and…