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

Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Garden update

Five steps done today. At this rate its going to take six days.

after reclaiming the old steps



new ones start to take shape 

Each step is bespoke and bedded in carefully.  Rebar holds the step in place and the front side parts are screwed to the step in front of them.  There is 4 inches of gravel on each step on top of a weed membrane and the height of each step is around 6 or 7 inches.

20 3.8m long 200 x 50mm planks were carried up 15 steps from the road to the back garden 

Cut to size 650mm long - the ends sealed and drying in the sun


We will plant either side of the steps with bulbs and various spreading plants which will flower for next year.

I'm sort of making it up as I go but so far, touch wood, it seems to be working.

In the meantime the squirrels have been keeping me company while I work


Cabbages, spring onions, leeks and purple sprouting broccoli all planted out under the tunnel

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