Cheers,
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…
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Royal Air Force Museum : the people, not the planes
Lunch at St Paul’s Cathedral and a visit to Samuel Johnson’s London home
Cheers,
Nice quiet day today. Started changing DoraMac from passage living to marina living; unpacking and cleaning. Everything that could possibly break had been packed away…I’m not exactly sure where at this point. I also…
Museum of London part 1
Rosh Hashanah
L’Shana Tovah to those who celebrate the Jewish New Year
At some point I would like to see the Great Synagogue of London. I would also love to hear Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, a wonderful s…
Addendum to the previous post
Cheers,
I was really tired when I sent out the most recent email and even forgot I’d sent it. So today I “finished it” before I realized I’d sent the “first edition.” This one is a follow-up about the Thames Barrier becau…
Cruising down the Thames and Arriving at St. Katherine’s Dock SKD in London
Cheers,
Remember the story of Dick Whittington and his cat? We passed his home today although the plaque read Richard Whittington, the 4 times Mayor of London. There’s history everywhere you look. Our friend John arrive…
London
Cheers!
Our alarm went off at 3:30 AM this morning! We had to wait until just past 5 AM to actually have enough light to leave Queensborough Harbour. It was a very interesting passage traveling along the Medway River and then the Tha…
Augustus Charles Welby Pugin
Sunday, early evening
Labor Day tomorrow back home
Cheers,
For all of you who had no clue about August Pugin, here’s the story.
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Augustus Charles Welby Pugin
The small office at the Ramsgate Marina had two brochures related to Augustus Pugi…
Passage to Ramsgate
Good Morning!
It is a lovely sunny, windy day here in the Ramsgate marina. DoraMac looks like a floating laundry with clothes hung both sides of the stern and some on the bow. Randal has declared a holiday for himself after spending …
Morning in Eastbourne a lovely seaside town.
Cheers!
So, we’re almost in London, but not quite. We will spend tonight and tomorrow night here in Ramsgate and then move on to an anchorage about 44 miles from London. We have to be in London around the middle of the day because …
A time of boat work, learning the locks, and wonderful people
Hello,
It has been a really busy two days here in Eastbourne. Chart-plotter worked on again and our fuel tanks cleaned. But the atmosphere here is great and everyone just so friendly. Tomorrow we leave bright and early, or foggy and e…
