The 2014 Essex Book Festival is nearly upon us … a veritable feast of events are listed in the festival menu this year. I shall be taking part in multi-author event on Wednesday 26th March 2014 at 1400. The session is around two hours long with a break. The event has been titled: Schooldays, Heydays,…

The Wapping Group of Artists annual exhibition takes place in February at the Mall Galleries. The gallery is situated just inside the Mall Gate from Trafalgar Square. Having previously experienced an exhibition last year of paintings by the group and the exhibition of the Royal Society of Marine Artists last autumn I am sure it…

Sailing out of Smallgains Creek… Hi All, My nephew who set this all up for me has decided I needed an update … so here goes, this is a try out…! Well it worked. There are a couple of items that can be viewed from times gone by. I shall start afresh but information about…

The forecast for a cruise up to the Orwell for a meeting of the east coast branch of the RNSA was not of the best. The weather has been somewhat indifferent since the end of March, however, undaunted, for there was a window of opportunity, I decided it was on and my crew joined as…

Some while ago I took a friendly fan from New Zealand out for a sail on Whimbrel. The chap has done quite well while back in Blighty. Two sails on two different Finesse 24s and two sails up at Horning. The second was to take part in the 3 Rivers Race, which he thoroughly enjoyed.The…