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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 out? Continue reading Grand Tour 10 years on April 17th, 2009 | Tags: circumnavigation, round Britain | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation | Leave a comment
Memories of Howard Jones, my crew for a rare one-tide motorboat passage between Gloucester and Bristol Floating Dock. Continue reading A genuine red letter day May 12th, 2007 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment
An afternoon passage in one tide from Liverpool Marina on the Mersey to Whitehaven Marina in Cumbria Continue reading Grand Tour Day 50: Liverpool to Whitehaven Marina June 5th, 1999 | Tags: liverpool, liverpool marina, mersey, saint bees head, sellafield, whitehaven marina | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment
Aboard the Woodchurch, the 1959-built Mersey ferry, with Captain James Vass Continue reading Grand Tour Day 49: Liverpool June 4th, 1999 | Tags: captain james vass, crossley, liverpool, mersey, mersey ferry, philip & son, woodchurch | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment
A day spent in Liverpool visiting Canning Half-Tide Dock, the Maritime Museum and the city centre Continue reading Grand Tour Day 48: Liverpool June 3rd, 1999 | Tags: canning half-tide dock, liverpool marina, liverpool maritime museum, mersey | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment
Conwy to Liverpool Marina in tricky sea conditions with just minutes to spare. Continue reading Grand Tour Day 47: Conwy Marina to Liverpool Marina June 2nd, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment
On passage under the Menai Bridge to Conwy and a petrol explosion on a Coronet Continue reading Grand Tour Day 45: Port Dinorwic to Conwy Marina May 31st, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment
Missing Link enters the Menai Strait and visits Port Dinorwic Continue reading Grand Tour Day 44: Hafan Pwllheli to Port Dinorwic May 30th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment
A visit to Porth Neigwl (Hell’s Mouth) from Hafen Pwllheli by road. Continue reading Grand Tour Day 43: Hafen Pwllheli May 29th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment
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 Porthmadog. Continue reading Grand Tour Day 42: Hafen Pwllheli May 28th, 1999 | Category: Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boating | Leave a comment
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