Thursday, May 09, 2013

Pottering - Part 14


The forecast for the next few days is far from promising - strong south westerlies. In view of the fact that I shall not be able sail towards Brighton, I'm taking a short break at home.

Today, I have been on the road since 10.15 on buses and coaches. It is now 16.15, and I am at Victoria Coach Station, London. The National Express coach is due to leave at 17.30, and it should arrive at Chelmsford at 19.35. From there I am hoping to take the X30 to Rayleigh, in Essex. That will bring me close to home.

I have a few photos taken during my journey.

My pottering will resume when I'm back at Sovereign Yacht Harbour. Meanwhile the marina staff will be keeping an eye on my little boat, especially tonight when the wind is expected to reach gale force - even with the possibility of a Force 9!

Note added 22.00 : I arrived home at 20.30 after a more exhausting day than had I been sailing for 10 1/4 hours! I added the photo of Big Ben taken from the National Express coach.







 
 

4 comments:

Steve-the-Wargamer said...

Very wise Bill... currently showing force 8 gusting 9 at the entrance to Chichester Harbour....

Bursledon Blogger said...

Looks like a shore based weekend for us too Bill, gusts down at Hurst last night were 38/39 knots -

William Serjeant said...

Thanks Guys,

I'll be keeping an eye on the weather and when it calms down I'll make my way back to 'Sandpiper'.

Cheers,
Bill.

Steve-the-Wargamer said...

Bill - do you use a GPS? Would love to see your track for the journey to date....