Archive for 2013
The day before…
The race start weekend started with a crew party on the Friday evening, then Henri Lloyd’s boat naming ceremony was in St Katharine Docks first thing on Saturday morning. I had been asked to go help with getting the boat into a state suitable for such a ceremony, but apart from anything else, I overslept!…
Read MoreThe Run-up to Race Start
I really can’t believe that Anita hasn’t written about the Race Start – yet! She has mentioned it but …. What a memorable event! The actual Race Start was on Sunday 1 September but the festivities (for us) started on the last Friday in August. Ray and I travelled to Anita on the Friday morning in…
Read MoreBoat Prep Week London
On arrival at St Katharine Docks to help get our Henri ready for sea after my non-Clipper weekend, I couldn’t find her. This turned out to be a common occurrence over the rest of the week as the fleet of yachts were regularly moved around in the dock. The 12 70′ yachts made the dock…
Read MoreMy “non-Clipper” weekend
My one concession to non-Clipper stuff in August – and the one thing that didn’t change – was the long-planned visit from one of my university friends for the bank holiday weekend. But he wanted to see the boats, so after meeting him at Euston on the Saturday morning I took him straight to St…
Read MoreYou know what happens to best laid plans?
Well, that was August! I had pretty much every last day of August planned – and most of it involved Clipper. It started quite well, with the first aid course, team building weekend and then the level 3 training all running consecutively. The rest of the month should have seen me back at work for…
Read MoreBarnet Band plays for Foundation for Conductive Education
On a bright, hot, sunny September day – what am I on about? I’ll start again! Barnet Band picked the coldest, wettest day in early September to play on a bandstand in Victoria Park, Hackney and entertain the passing public with their repertoire of lively music. I should say that as a member of Barnet…
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