A varied day in which we discover Amsterdam in the West Country, find out what makes a Newport Diver tick and enter Penarth the easy way.
Continue reading Grand Tour day 27: Bristol to Penarth
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May 13th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment After days of gentle river cruising, Missing Link picks up her skirts and takes line honours, charging down the Severn Estuary from Sharpness to Bristol in one tide. Continue reading Grand Tour day 26: Gloucester to Bristol Floating Dock May 12th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment Retracing our steps, we discover what links an East Ender with the last commercial cargo carrying activity on the Severn and then ask Gloucester Yacht Club to shoulder a heavy load. Continue reading Grand Tour day 25: Upton-upon-Severn to Gloucester May 11th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment The day when we met the nautically minded firemen of Upton and managed to see the funny side of the omnipresent rain. Continue reading Grand Tour day 24: Upton-upon-Severn May 10th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment Rain doesn’t stop play but the crew of Missing Link take a welcome break from getting soggy to meet Graham and Mildred whilst on their way to Upton. Continue reading Grand Tour day 21: Gloucester to Upton-on-Severn Missing Link’s crew ignore the rain to take the canal from Sharpness to Gloucester, stopping at Fretherne and Pegthorne along the way. Continue reading Grand Tour day 20: Sharpness to Gloucester Our passage up the Severn Estuary is a social affair with visits to Avonmouth Radio and the Hook Sands dredger, all closely escorted by a Severn Area Rescue Association RIB. Continue reading Grand Tour day 19: Penarth to Sharpness The highs and lows of cruising the Bristol Channel. Missing Link experiences them all in a few long hours. Continue reading Grand Tour day 18: Padstow to Penarth Missing Link finds herself involved in a miniature version of Navy Days in Padstow. Plus who makes the best Cornish pasty? Continue reading Grand Tour day 17: Padstow Basking in the sunny weather of a ridge of high pressure but a little worried about the presence of a deep low to the west, the decision is made to take calm seas around Lands End to Padstow two days ahead of schedule. Continue reading Grand Tour day 16: Falmouth to Padstow |
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