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Lockdown
Crowds. What crowds?
Half-term with COVID travel restrictions in place. It feels like everyone is trying to find somewhere quiet to get away from it all. At the same time. There's ways to avoid the crowds and still enjoy the best the UK can offer at the end of May. Which for us means a 3am start, …
18/06/2021 · Read article
Messing about in boats.
I've always been interested in boats without actually spending much time on the water. Born by the seaside, my dad had worked in the customs on the Humber. I had plenty of childhood stories of jumping from ship to ship on rummage crews. As a child I devoured Swallows & Amazons…
28/10/2020 · Read article
Nights Under Canvas.
At the moment it’s not possible to get away so we’ve reverted to make believe adventures and camping in the garden. And somehow it works. Not a substitute for a real night under canvas, but it turns out some of the effects are the same. As night falls and we hunker down in the…
04/05/2020 · Read article