This day 10 years ago I set out on the journey of a lifetime, a 4100-mile 147-day trip around Britain and near continental harbours.
The bit I remember most about this day, which started at Port Solent and ended at Haslar just a short run away, was the disquieting feeling that I had called my own bluff. Was the plan, largely conceived on scraps of paper while rail commuting, really going to work
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Memories of Howard Jones, my crew for a rare one-tide motorboat passage between Gloucester and Bristol Floating
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An afternoon passage in one tide from Liverpool Marina on the Mersey to Whitehaven Marina in
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Aboard the Woodchurch, the 1959-built Mersey ferry, with Captain James
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A day spent in Liverpool visiting Canning Half-Tide Dock, the Maritime Museum and the city
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Conwy to Liverpool Marina in tricky sea conditions with just minutes to
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On passage under the Menai Bridge to Conwy and a petrol explosion on a
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Missing Link enters the Menai Strait and visits Port
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A visit to Porth Neigwl (Hell’s Mouth) from Hafen Pwllheli by
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A small engine service in Hafen Pwllheli becomes a bigger task, but we find the ideal way to end a day by taking the road to
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