Round the Island Race

On Saturday we did this race for the 3rd time. It starts from Cowes and then you sail all around the Isle of Wight, finishing back at Cowes again. It's about 60 miles and depending on the wind and weather takes us anything from about 8 to 12 hours. It was a fanatastic day - 1,700 boats took part in the race, setting off in groups from 05:00 every 10 minutes until 06:40.

ESOL boat trip

A lovely day out up the river with some of our Abingdon and Witney students - a beautiful 2 hour boat trip from Abingdon to Oxford going through Abingdon, Sandford and Iffley Locks and then football, games and picnics in Christchurch Meadows - perfect. Who's is that person supporting Portugal? Can't guess!

Half Term

We had a lovely bank holiday weekend sailing with my cousin and her partner and we managed to get to Buckler's Hard in the New Forest and Osborne Bay and Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight despite some rather mixed weather...


On Saturday I did another long walk - 28 miles this time around the Cotswolds. It was hot and hilly so hard work but luckily Cadburys were sponsoring the walk so there was free chocolate to keep us going!