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Preparations all done…

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Huw & Bernice

We are due to join our first boat tomorrow morning after the enforced 2 week delay (see Gone Sailing! …… well nearly :O)) … and as it turns out the extra time was a good thing as we seemed to … Continue reading →

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Some early lock practice

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Huw & Bernice

Spent a lovely day with Rob, Jules, Pippa, Ben and Tom – including helping out some canal types with the locks. A great intro to the boating life for Ben and some early Panama practice for us!!!

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And we thought we’d never get there before we left, oh what a time we had :0)

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Huw & Bernice

A wee last minute jaunt to Reading to try and cram a few more bits & pieces into our storage unit and low and behold we had an hour spare to go and try out the newly opened Reading Climbing … Continue reading →

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Oh what a Vyne day ….

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Huw & Bernice

All these years we’ve lived a mere 20 min from “The Vyne” and we’ve never been before. A nice country house and woodland walk if you have a couple of hours spare….

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A day at Stourhead and some experimenting with my new camera lens

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Huw & Bernice

As we were intending to spend one of our original three weeks laid up in Portugal at a holiday cottage with Ann & Jan, we think it’s only fair that we all now spend some quality time together over the … Continue reading →

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Being vetted…!

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Huw & Bernice

We took an early morning trip in the mist to Farnham this morning – like commuting but with no work at the end of it – to meet Tim. He is a friend of the owners of the Batmobile, the … Continue reading →

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Gone Sailing! …… well nearly :O)

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Huw & Bernice

Well this is it folks, our last day at home, no longer can we claim we ‘live close to Reading’, all packed up and ready to set sail.  That is at least what the plan was.  Yes we did have … Continue reading →

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