Julie Rose Textiles, Sailing, Canal boats and more

Tuesday 22 April. Stayed in Oban last night in a lovely hotel on the front. Unfortunately on the second floor with some difficult corners on the stairs to negotiate. Walked along to the Oban Inn for a beer then back to the hotel for a whiskey via the chip shop. Nice breakfast and nice views…

A journey home across the ocean. Gatwick is my least favourite airport, I hate them all but Gatwick is worst. Taxi collected us at 4am, found the M3 closed and had to divert via Alton to the M25 and around to Gatwick, but all was well, lots of time. I got very panicked once inside…

9th March 2024 A journey home across the ocean. Gatwick is my least favourite airport, I hate them all but Gatwick is worst. Taxi collected us at 4am, found the M3 closed and had to divert via Alton to the M25 and around to Gatwick, but all was well, lots of time. I got very…

29 August Off on Arcadia, very drizzly going past our boat and the sailing club, hAd been given 8:30 dining which is really very late, didn’t get into the dining room till 8:45 but dinner was good and was served quickly so all good, had a look at the ballroom dancing then went up to…

Monday 12th June 2023 Starting our journey today, going through Manchester City Centre today, big locks and probably quite hard. Hoping to get around the Cheshire Ring . Thunderstorm last night Tuesday 13 June Left Sale, 10:30 ish arrived at Castlefield for 12:30 and found the first lock open, a good start for the Rochdale…

Am following the Ocean Race which I find fascinating, they are in the Southern Ocean and only a few miles apart after weeks of racing, some fantastic photos from the boats. See new Embroidery featuring team Malissa .