For the August bank holiday last year, we visited Osea Island, location of the retreat that Amy Winehouse visited for rehab. This has since closed down but the island is very nice and in good weather feels like it could be in the Mediterranean or Caribbean. So with a sunny bank holiday expected, we decided […]
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So on the back of our first weekend, the weather held on and we decided that another jaunt down river would be the perfect way to recover from a hard week of work. Maria was working from home on the Friday and was able to get the boat prepped and I finished early so that […]
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It is unbelievable that we are already in the middle of April and there hasn’t been a single good day for sailing! Normally we would have had a few, potentially chilly, eeekends by now. I remember from when I played a lot of cricket you would always get some unseasonal warm days early in the […]
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It has been a tradition that Mariadz goes to Burnham-on-Crouch for the carnival late in September. This coincides with a meeting of fellow Moody owners so an opportunity to catch up with friends. The marina also have a marque setup with lunch and a live band, Street Life, who we were lucky to have play […]
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Before I start, I should say that Maria is a London girl rather than an Essex girl! That said our three daughters and our feline daughter were all born in Essex but this also doesn’t refer to them 🙂 The last summer bank holiday of the year saw a very still and warm forecast and […]
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With the boat back in the water and Maria’s upcoming workload as her projects go live, we had worked out that the only opportunity we had to get out for a few weeks was going to be the first weekend of August. It had also been a long time since Lisa Jones had been with […]
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We have spent the last two weekends away, firstly in Lymington, attending a seminar about blue water cruising and then to Italy to pay taxes, speak to builders and check out the house. We therefore decided that we would have a weekend away somewhere quiet and decided that a few nights in the River Stour […]
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We had such a good time at Easter that we have been keen to get the boat back out again. This bank holiday weekend coincided with the sad anniversary of the death of Maria’s Dad and so we decided we wanted to be close to Harwich where her step-Mum lives. Early in the week, the […]
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Most years our season starts sometime in March but again this year the weather hasn’t been great and also we have had some things we needed to do so our season hasn’t started until the Easter weekend. That is more than six months since we last went out and we have had some work done […]
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So it is the midde of July and we have been out in the boat quite a few times already this year. This has included a number of trips down the river, anchoring overnight in the stour or Orwell and returning late on Sunday. On various of these trips we have had guests. For the […]
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