Thursday, 14 May 2026

SCSC: the importance of just sailing the boat

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Yesterday evening's race at the Lake did not go to plan. Although a 30 knot squall and heavy rain came through at 1800 just as we were b...
Friday, 8 May 2026

SCSC: of drifts and screamers

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A photo of our GP14 taken a couple of weeks ago. Despite the pink spinnaker Amanda wasn't actually crewing for me; we had sailed the mor...

unimpressed (but still cute)

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I was a little late picking Lottie back up from the groomers yesterday. Apparently, she was not impressed. Lottie, that is. Amanda, the lady...
Thursday, 7 May 2026

Freefall: mud and rain

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Dad is recovering well, and seems very happy with his new bionic knee. He actually made it back out to his first gig again last Saturday. It...
Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Bionic Dad

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Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Roger Gribble will ...
Saturday, 4 April 2026

bad poetry

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Wednesday, 1 April 2026

whether the weather

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So, it's not looking kind. Suffice to say, those 20's and 30's in the weekend's forecast are not the anticipated temperature...

lucy & the crocodile

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Not sure when I actually wrote the song in the clip that follows, other than sometime towards the end of the last century. Which makes me so...
Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Freefall: hat trick

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It was a three gig weekend just gone, which meant no sailing. But neither was there much in the way of wind on Sunday to sail with anyway, s...
Thursday, 19 March 2026

of boats and bands and festivals

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Last week was a busy one. It was Cheltenham Festival , otherwise known locally as Race Week (on account of there being a bit of horse racing...

Freefall: band night

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Band practice last night. Keep the volume down unless you're a fan of Wheatus. This was our cover of their "Teenage Dirtbag". ...
Monday, 9 March 2026

SCSC: Chilli Dogs

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The weekend's weather took a turn away from sun and blue skies and back to the seasonal grey dank. Driving home from Saturday night'...