Showing posts with label Willington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Willington. Show all posts
Saturday, 7 May 2016

Settling back in

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OK, so you're all waiting to hear about the fish and chips ;) Well, they were OK, no more than that, I'm afraid, and, in our view, ...
Thursday, 5 May 2016

A night in Willington

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Setting off at 7.45 once more, we had a good run to Willington, arriving just three hours later. The route is showing the benefit of CRT...
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Friday, 23 October 2015

Exercising

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Keeping well exercised in the winter is important, so today we walked to Betty's Farm to buy some meat for the weekend. It's a soli...
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Wednesday, 5 August 2015

More mixed weather

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We've had another peaceful and productive day here in the marina, cheered by the thought of escaping soon. After a relaxed start, again...
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Friday, 31 July 2015

Wobbly start, great finish

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It's been a very good day, overall, but tiring, so apologies if this post is a bit condensed! We actually had quite a bad night, not su...
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Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Not a day for boating

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We have a couple of days in hand and the weather forecast for today was extremely discouraging, so we've treated ourselves to a lazy da...
Monday, 4 May 2015

Escape!

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It was a day when we wanted to get quite a lot done and the good bit is that we've managed it. We made an early start so that Sheila co...
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Friday, 24 February 2012

We're out!

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Today went more or less as planned, despite the fact that Sheila has succumbed to a tedious head cold that's keeping her snuffling, snee...
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Monday, 31 October 2011

Last day out for a bit

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We've had a quiet day here in Willington, though it started early, body clocks not yet having adjusted to the changed time. We got a bit...
Sunday, 30 October 2011

What time is it?

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It's not often one can say "Earlier than you think", but for those of us in the UK, that's true today. We switched from Su...
Saturday, 29 October 2011

Busy, busy

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Having got ourselves sorted at Willington, we had a busy day with the family today. Elanor came over and collected us midday, and we rendezv...
Friday, 28 October 2011

On to Burton, then Willington

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It was another A-team day, when the plan came together in a very gratifying way. We got up in good time and arrived at Shobnall just before ...
Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Here I am again!

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Well, I'm back in the world of Sanity Again , slightly earlier than anticipated, but glad to be here. As told over on Shobnall Fields Fo...
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Friday, 6 May 2011

To Willington

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We'd thought when planning this trip that we'd stop at Shobnall Marina for diesel, but the bright sunny weather means that the solar...
Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Noisy night, windy day, nice marina

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After a reassuring visit to the clinic, I got back to the boat just as Elanor and Sally turned up. They hopped on board, and we set off in t...
Friday, 4 September 2009

Still in recovery

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4 September We're at Willington on the T&M, on our leisurely way to the Braidbar Owners' Weekend. I'm trying to find the ene...
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Heading for the National

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10th & 11th August After the meteorological splendours of the weekend, it was a damp start yesterday morning, although the rain was neve...
Monday, 13 July 2009

Wandering on to Willington

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13 July I was going to say "Meandering on..." in recognition of the boat I saw yesterday called Meander which had the explanation...
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