All at Sea with Stargazer

I live by the sea, maybe live for the sea, on an island in the tidal River Medway. Just downstream of the historic Chatham Naval Dockyard - where Nelson's Victory was built. For me the sea is about freedom and exploration - both personal and geographical. Stargazer is a 31' Hallberg-Rassy sloop; and companion on my journey

Monday, 14 September 2020

The Man in the Moon

The image before me is straight out of an illustration for 'The Man in the Moon .' Venus (bottom right) dangles beneath the tip o...

Sunday, 13 September 2020

Indian Summer

An Indian Summer envelopes Dieppe in a warm embrace. Its languid heat clears the broad quayside boulevard of Sunday pedestrians. Sends the...

Light Show

Afternoon melts into evening. The low sun mantles the chalk cliffs in folds of earthy ochre, creamy yellow and pure white. Casts mysterio...

Friday, 11 September 2020

All Hands. . . .

A trawler is alongside the quay. In for repairs to an hydraulic lift. A forklift truck, angle grinder and sledge hammers have been deploye...

Thursday, 10 September 2020

Mellow Fruitfulness

On the Fecamp waterfront it is a warm still autumn day. The heavy dew and morning chill driven off by the warmth of the sun. The angling b...

Wednesday, 9 September 2020

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

At sunset Stargazer is twenty nautical miles west north west of Le Havre . Heading north east, to catch a fair tide up Channel. An hour ...

Monday, 7 September 2020

Men at Work

A mobile crane is parked astride one carriageway of the broad main street. The damaged trawl beam is lifted, from the stern of a fishing b...

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