Arwen's meanderings

Hi everyone and welcome to my dinghy cruising blog about my John Welsford designed 'navigator' named Arwen. Built over three years, Arwen was launched in August 2007. She is a standing lug yawl 14' 6" in length. This blog records our dinghy cruising voyages together around the coastal waters of SW England.
Arwen has an associated YouTube channel so visit www.YouTube.com/c/plymouthwelshboy to find our most recent cruises and click subscribe.
On this blog you will find posts about dinghy cruising locations, accounts of our voyages, maintenance tips and 'How to's' ranging from rigging standing lug sails and building galley boxes to using 'anchor buddies' and creating 'pilotage notes'. I hope you find something that inspires you to get out on the water in your boat. Drop us a comment and happy sailing.
Steve and Arwen

Sunday 3 June 2012

Not enough words to describe the afternoon. A pageant fit for a Queen.
Well done and thank you to everyone who took part.


 The Queen's pageant, the largest flotilla ever to sail down the Thames since the 1600's

2 comments:

Simeon said...

Thanks Steve for the lovely postings on the Queen's pageant and all the rest of your terrific blog.

With my lovely wife the anglophile driving the DVR, we've watched hours of the CNN coverage and that of ABC News.

I'd like to apologize for Katie Couric; she's an insufferable twit in my opinion.

Keep up the great postings.

Simeon

steve said...

You should have seen the concert last night......350,000 along mall; in the park and outside B Palace; and the cheer for Prince Phillip....well I'm convinced that was probably a guiness book of records loudest cheer ever.

we saw the beacons being lit from our house high up on the moors

we are a funny old lot aren't us british......in the middle of a recession; high unemployment; swingeing cuts to public services; changes to our pensions and all....yet we know how to celebrate and party and say thank you to someone who has been a constant in our lives and nation for 60 years

I'm first and foremost a welshman; but I am rather proud to call myself British after that!

Steve