Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure

[Giles]

said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

So necessity being the mother of invention, I got the zip ties out and bodged a temporary solution with the help of the gangway which we will not use on this trip...

Did a proper job this week....

[goosehd]

With it being so hot and dry, do you two find yourself spending more time on the boat and/or around the water?

There was a picture yesterday of a jeans release where the football pitch look extremely dry. Is it that bad all over Gosport/Portsmouth?

[AdamJ]

here is a shot of the beach last week, v dry

[goosehd]

@AdamJ wow…not what I picture when I think of the English countryside.

[NickD]

@goosehd Less green and pleasant land and more beige and pleasant.

[Giles]

Time to get the superstructure gleaming again.

[Giles]

Ramsgate bound.....124nm trip. We'll do it in one hit, so early departure......

[endo]

Bon voyage @Giles and Paula

[Aetas]

@Giles Ramsgate is short distance to the Maunsell Forts and Project Red Sands. ?!

DAT VIDEO

[Giles]

Yep, not far..

[Giles]

Beachy Head....

Dungeness...

[Giles]

Brilliant Channel 16 broadcast a few mins ago....

"Unknown Fishing Vessel, unknown fishing vessel crossing Rye Bay from West to East, please turn west immediately, you are entering a live military firing area, I repeat, you are entering a live military firing area"

Whoops

[Tago Mago]

Any distress signals, possibly from an unknown fishing vessel?

[goosehd]

@Tago-Mago it’s known now…

[Giles]

As I just said to Goose offline, that guys arse aint going to pucker again......

[Giles]

Ramsgate to Brighton, and it is a tad lumpy out here...

[NickD]

Oops! Although glass shelves on a boat doesn't seem like the best idea.

Is Ramsgate still as much of a shithole as it used to be? Haven't been there since I moved up north 20 years ago.

[Karol]

@Giles crap, but at least the beer was in the cans and not the bottles.
Stay safe guys!

[Giles]

@NickD said in Giles and Paula's Great Retirement Adventure:

Oops! Although glass shelves on a boat doesn't seem like the best idea.

Is Ramsgate still as much of a shithole as it used to be? Haven't been there since I moved up north 20 years ago.

It is a funny mixture.

Very stoned cadaver-like zombies sitting around on benches, lots of public day drinking (slightly more vocal zombies), proper punch-ups in the street (we got involved in one at 8pm on Sat night, lot of blood involved - not ours) but a really great selection of restaurants. Met a whole slew of lovely people, but mostly they were visitors in the marina......

[Giles]

Brighton for the night…