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Posts tagged ‘boat life’

comedy of errors, before calm – 31st July and 1st Aug 2019

Today has been a lovely day. I woke up at 5am (nature calls!) and peaked out of the bow window to spy the early morning mist. It was swirling slowly, hypnotically, off the still water, surrounded by the blueish light you only get first thing, before day breaks across the sky.

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pond skaters and kingfishers – 24th to 29th July 2019

Having got all supplies (and crew-mates!), on board we set off from Caen Hill Marina about a week ago, and - many, many locks later - we are now on the River Kennet at Wootton Rivers (a pretty little place full of thatched cottages). A train just whooshed past close to the right, drowning out the sound of Ryan's guitar and the buzz of an overly inquisitive wasp. 

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