Friday 27 January 2017

Hello again


Hello people, I thought I would try again to bring the blog up to date. Yesterdays news kind of killed my train of thought......enough said, so here we go again.

Well here we are, Christmas has been and gone and whilst we're spending some of our time shivering whilst scraping the ice off our car windscreens, we really can't complain about the weather. As winters go, well it hasn't happened yet has it. 
I always think if we can get January and February out of the way then we're through the worst of it. I mean, even if we get some snow during March it isn't going to last long is it? Ha, famous last words!
Now for some pictures, first one taken just after I wrote the post in November and last one taken a couple of days ago.

8th of November 2016

Great spotted Woodpecker, a regular visitor especially when i've just renewed the suit block!

What I found fascinating was the perfect circles round the Brown Mallard.
 I am always fascinated by sunsets, and have been lucky enough to snap several from the back deck of Bracken. These are just a few  I thought I'd share with you people.


14.11.16

30.11.16

This was Sunrise on 5th December thin skin of ice on the Marina


The next 4 pictures were all taken on the 11th of December 2016, over the course of half an hour.






This was taken on the 18th December.

28.12.16

Following day, 29th Dec, frosty!

Yep, he's back again.

Snow arrived on the 13th of January, but it didn't last long.

what a lovely sight!

24.01.17

24.01.17

And the following day, 25.01.17
What a total contrast!



Well we're more or less up to date now, I wonder if any eagle eye'd people have spotted any obvious changes in the past 12 months. I'll give you a few days to think about it :)
Bfn people.

Thursday 26 January 2017

Sympathy, sorrow, and life is precious.

Thursday 26th Jan.

Hello people, as I hadn't written anything for a while I thought I'd power up the trusty laptop and put pen to paper so to speak.
Its been a while since I last logged on to any boat blogs so you can imagine my shock when the first thing I read was the news that Les Biggs of NB Valerie passed away on Tuesday 24th Jan.
Whilst I was at a low point in my life undergoing treatment for my own Cancer back in 2013/14 both Les and Jaqueline of NB Valerie were kind and supportive to me, so I am deeply saddened to hear that Les has lost his own battle. My sympathy and thoughts go out to Jaqueline Biggs and the family.
click here is the link to their Blog, always very informative and full of history and facts from all the places they explored during their life of continuous cruising.

Life is very precious, and we are never more aware of that fact than when we are reminded that our time here is not unlimited.
Thats all for now people, I will write more soon.