Tag Archives: UK

Wanderlust: A strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world. Cruisers, like us, typically don’t stay too long in one place. In fact, we’ve met many cruisers that completed a circumnavigation in less than three … Continue reading →

Posted on April 21, 2021 by blueheelerhr39 | 2 Comments

What comes easy won’t last; What lasts won’t come easy. Anon The reality of owning a boat is not publicised as much as it should be. The reality of ‘living aboard’ is starkly different from ‘living the dream’. Still, the … Continue reading →

Posted on April 5, 2021 by blueheelerhr39 | Leave a comment

“A goal without a plan is just a wish” – Anon. A year ago in early 2020 we were in the midst of completing major projects aboard Blue Heeler, fine-tuning everything aboard to reach our goal of returning to warmer … Continue reading →

Posted on February 25, 2021 by blueheelerhr39 | Leave a comment

This year is described by many as ‘unprecedented’, ‘apocalyptic’, ‘calamitous”, as well as urban slang such as ‘omnishambles’ and ‘hellacious’. Hunkered in Blue Heeler for most of the year, ‘tedious’ fits our situation. Besides the anxiety caused by COVID19 around the … Continue reading →

Posted on December 16, 2020 by blueheelerhr39 | 10 Comments

Last winter I was looking forward to spending winter on an overseas island somewhere to the south. Little did I expect the island to be Portsea Island on the south coast of England in Hampshire. Not quite the tropics, but … Continue reading →

Posted on October 24, 2020 by blueheelerhr39 | 6 Comments