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    Sailing to Europe with a Dog

    We have just crossed the English Channel so this is a good point to write about our experiences with beaurocrazy in doing this post Brexit. Pre Brexit, UK vets could issue an EU pet passport once all relevant jabs, including rabies, were up to date. The pet passport…

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    Sark, Channel Islands

    My plan last night was to do a night sail back to Guernsey. It was the first opportunity to move for several days due to high winds and a sequence of storm fronts moving through the Channel. I got as far as the outer harbour entrance in bumpy…

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    Cherbourg, France

    In this blog entry.. crashing the boat, crossing the English Channel, playing dodgem with big ships, storms, checking into France after Brexit and more changes in plans (why do I bother planning?). Let’s start with the embarrassing 😳 bit, hopefully you will have forgotten all about this by…

  • I’m back…

    What a summer ☀️ 🙂 but today I will be travelling back from Wales to Lady Cindy in the river Hamble to resume my travels. I have spent the summer with Ffion and her family helping them to move and paint their new home. It’s not all been…

  • Plans Re-written (again)

    I spent the first part of this week finalising plans to sail across the Channel. As I had to wait a week to get Dotty’s animal health certificate, I decided to hire a car and go to see Ffions family doing their first live gig since before Covid.…

  • Southampton Town Quay

    I am at Town Quay marina in Southampton and will be here another week preparing and supplying to cross the Channel at the beginning of June. I am spending time with family, taking a road trip to see Ffion perform a gig with her family, and getting an…