Arwen's meanderings

in our house I am often the first to rise. I like the peace and quiet. It is my time to catch up on the papers and news online. One of the ...

I was saddened by the recent death of our journalist and critic AA Gill. His writing has been evocative, critical, funny, acerbic. Howeve...

The fog hung deep in the valley as dawn rose, the grey blanket punctuated by vertical grey irregular pillars of smoke from early morning co...

http://middlething.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/navigator-annie-in-retrospect-fitting.html Robert has been remembering when he built 'Annie...

enjoy this film of a navigator sailing in, er, challenging conditions........! https://youtu.be/dR_K1jNAGrU

From Roger Barnes, President of the Dinghy Cruising Association. He promises more to follow. Classic, simple, elegant and packed with sound...

this blog is primarily about Arwen and my voyages in her. But it is in effect, also my on line diary and as such, other things sometimes ap...

A nice day doing routine maintenance on Arwen. Now all she needs is a paint! https://youtu.be/2Igxx1YnQDA

All being well, after my elbow and then a rather unexpected pit stop in the local casualty unit because everyone thought I was having a str...

I came across............... Alec from the BBC One Show being filmed by this chappie... I then paused to admire this beauty.....