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

South Dartmoor Railway

We have done our annual pilgrimage, number one son and I to the SDR at Buckfastleigh. We didn't ride the trains twice this time.














It's the diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant and we've dashed home to see it. This our nation's chance to say thank you to the Queen for all she has done for our nation and we wouldn't want to miss it. This history in the making. We did think of offering Arwen to lead the procession but we didn't want to hold things up.

Anyway, as we watch, Her Majesty is now onboard the Royal barge, having come down the Thames on The Royal Yacht tender from Britannia. The bells are now ringing out and our celebration for the Queen begins.
It is all part of being British. Our sense of history and tradition and the fact that the majority of us, deep down, are Monarchists. Well we are with this Monarch. God save our Queen and may she have a wonderful Diamond Jubilee

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