We arrived back to our winter moorage on Bainbridge Island on Thursday, September 12. With luck, we’ll fill in the blank weeks since the last log posting sometime this fall. In the meantime, I’ll provide a summary of the trip by the num…
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London snapshots
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We attended a “Friends of SKD” coffee Wednesday morning and met a lovely group of people. It’s a weekly thing so we’ll see them again. And we’ll join the group because it seems the thing to do as we do live at…
Images of St. Katherine Docks Marina
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I learned the other day that we are in the Tower Hamlets part of London, looked at its website and found tons of information for self-guided walks and possible classes to take when we return in November. And our f…
Cecil Court Booksellers
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We woke up to bright sun! By noon it was gone! Now it’s raining again. But as pal Reverend Ken pointed out… “Raining AGAIN? You do know that they named those raincoats London Fog and not Roanoke Fog for…
home for a very quick visit
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It’s raining here, again! But not like Colorado. Hope things improve there soon.
This is just a quick note to say we’re planning to come home to Roanoke Oct 1st but just for a really short visit. Usually we
A day out and about with my pal Jane Field
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I feel as if I’ve no clue what’s really going on in the rest of the world. I’m lost in the tiny square mile of London and a few bits beyond. Writing this email I learned about the Bow Street Runners and Samuel Pepys amon…
Charing Cross Road and more
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Boy am I pooped! We went off “out and about” today and must have walked miles and miles and miles…. We had to find a “rewind shop” in Loughbough which was a tube and train ride away. Then we got back onto…
Parliamnet
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Today our good pals from Roanoke, Jane and Peter Field came to visit us. They are here in the UK for a conference and had some time to spare. We were so glad they could come. Funny that we rarely have visitors and in th…
Royal Air Force Museum : the people, not the planes
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Yesterday we visited Parliament. No photos allowed, but the tour was quite interesting as was my trying to actually get into the building with my clothing and backpack setting off the scanner. They took everything in my alrea…
Week 19 – Guests and more time in the Broughton Islands
On Monday, August 19 we headed for Port McNeill early (to beat any afternoon wind, which is always strong there). Indeed the wind picked up, but we were secure and started to do chores, including laundry, getting the forward cabin ready. On Tuesday, …
