
Although I’d been expecting the phone call from David Miles of Fleming Yachts Europe to advise the transfer of ownership was complete, I found… …
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![]() Although I’d been expecting the phone call from David Miles of Fleming Yachts Europe to advise the transfer of ownership was complete, I found… … Continue reading The anchor’s swallowed ![]() In late June 2021, we cast off from Beaucette and headed north for the UK. Why? Our local COVID restrictions had been sufficiently relaxed.It felt as though we were on COVID parole and if we didn’t…. … Continue reading The ensign is lowered ![]() Having returned from our summer cruise around the north Brittany coast, we were moored in St Peter Port’s Victoria marina rather than Beaucette since metal works were still in progress. Seeing the forecast cyclonic storm approach, we secured… … Continue reading NNE storm forces crew to abandon ![]() At Christmas, what could be a better present than a new addition to the family? Our son Toby and his wife Amy, having married in April 2014 have given birth to a … … Continue reading A child is born ![]() May we immediately assure everyone that our radio silence for the last two years has not been because we’ve finally navigated to the great marina in the sky. No. With considerable quantities of fuel left in life’s tanks, we’ve loved many months in the magnificent country of South Africa,… … Continue reading It’s Christmas! ![]() Have you tried driving in Guernsey? If so, you’ll certainly know the roads are narrow and that you often have to mount kerbs to avoid oncoming traffic. It was obvious, really. We had to sell the Jeep Cherokee and find a thin car. But how thin was thin? … Continue reading Meet Sparky ![]() Our grand grandson, Josiah, had reached 12 years old and was able to travel unaccompanied on a plane. So, our present was a ticket from the mainland to Guernsey’s International Airport! We planned to fire a cannon and protect the SW shores of Guernsey by manning a huge restored gun near Pleinmont Point. … Continue reading Josiah comes of age to travel ![]() ‘I’m engaged!’ whispered Kimberleigh to Lin and I. We were staying in a small boutique Johannesburg hotel where Head Chef Kimberleigh had been feeding us far too well … Continue reading An Engagement ![]() ‘The silence is deafening. What have you been doing?’ asked a friend of mine when I hadn’t posted anything on the Play d’eau site for three months. I started to explain only to be met with the comment, ‘Excuses, excuses, … Continue reading A deafening silence |
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