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Still sunny we left Lymington late morning and emerged into the Solent with a few other boats. Tacking back and forth, dodging boats and all the “rules of the road “ involved, reminded me of happy days gone by on Quango….. a Hunter 707 we used to race up in North Wales. Once past theContinue reading “Thursday 30 June. Lymington to Studland bay. 23 nm”

Just a short hop across the Solent to Lymington. Breezy still but sunny and the water is an aquamarine blue except where the clouds cast shadows and it looks black. With just the headsail we got to the outside of Lymington in about an hour. Sails away and berthing stuff out, I phoned for berthingContinue reading “Wednesday 29 June. Newtown creek to Lymington 6 nm”

A lazy start in a peaceful river setting. Could happily stay! Has a bit of a “ wind in the willows “ feel. Anyway we are supposed to be slowly making our way west. This week definitely feels like a holiday! we dropped our mooring, making a note of the number as it’s a goodContinue reading “Tuesday 28 June. Beaulieu River to Newtown creek on Isle of Wight. 10 nm”

What I learned today….. to NOT accidentally hit on ok when it says “ you have unsaved changes” 😭 ………. It’ll just be pictures today……****** IT Took me ages☹️ Sue x

We are almost at the end of our stay here. We will be so sorry to leave. The weather has been mostly sunny but even when it rained we felt comfortable and cosy. Saturday dawned bright and sunny. Happy birthday Alice! 🎂 As it’s the round the island race today we had decided to walkContinue reading “Saturday and Sunday 25&26 June. Two days in Bembridge”

The sun had come out again and we upped anchor and were away at 0800. Timing is critical as we have to get out over one bar and in over another . Julian spends a lot of time working out all the tidal heights so that it’s correct. Bembridge has a good website which tellsContinue reading “Friday 24 June Chichester Harbour to Bembridge 10 nm”

The grey skies are back, and it’s drizzling. Today was supposed to be a day of jobs . We couldn’t leave the marina until about 6 pm so ideal time to get all the laundry done which is building up! I hadn’t noticed the laundry room in the obvious place where the showers were, butContinue reading “Thursday 23 June. Chichester Marina to anchorage in Chichester channel 5 nm”

We sadly left Littlehampton, which seemed a really lovely peaceful place. Of course seeing everything in sunshine does help! We had to go about 0800 in order to get over the bar. It was a quiet morning, no wind and a smooth sea. We went out passing the fairy castle turrets in the left andContinue reading “Wednesday 22 June. Littlehampton to Chichester marina 25 nm”

Eastbourne was the first destination so far this trip that I haven’t even seen outside the marina. Getting there late and leaving early it felt like a transit rather than a destination. The sun is again shining. Our first milestone is rounding Beachy head . Amazing white cliffs with green fields sweeping down to theContinue reading “Tuesday 21 June. Eastbourne to Littlehampton 40 nm”