Long Weekend 31st Aug to 2nd Sept at Bucklers Hard

Zena chilling with a glass of wine

Zena and I manage to get a long weekrnd out on the boat, so we headed for The Beaulieu River and Bucklers Hard, the summer seems to have finally arrived (although Sunday saw some rain).

Got the tender out and ran up the Beaulieu River for Breaky on the Saturday Morning, went in to Steffs Kitchen...very nice and civilised.

Anxious trip back as wasn't sure I had enough fuel in the outboard and forgot the oars..whoops!


Greek Princess and the Tender



Zena outside the Montague Arms

Zena with the Tender by The Montague Arms

Returning from Breaky in Beaulieu in the Tender

Zena directing the driver (me!)

WWII Queens Flight Lancaster Bomber - flew over Wow!



My beautiful wife with glasses!



Greek Princess in the still waters of the Beaulieu River

Yarmouth IOW 10th to 19th August

UK at its best, could be south of Frnace

Zena on Yarmouth front at dusk

The crew on departure

Honor learning to row

The girls on the bus

I can do it Grandad!

Zena learning to row like her big sister

Wallaby at Sea View

Jude silhouette left watching shore fishing at Yarmouth

Jude taking it easy (not posed) actually chilling

Honor on the ipod

Jude showing how to pose!

The Gang at Freshwater half way on our 5 mile walk

Zena at Yarmouth Beach late evening

Yarmouth at Dusk

Yarmouth Harbour Masters Office

Dusk in Yarmouth Harbour

Jude & Zena take Nanny for a spin

Jude wanted a balloon dinosaur...that will be a challenge

Windy Day at Sandown

Zena building a sand castle

Don't get wet..too late!

Honor at Alum Bay

Were all in the chair lift

Jude with disgusting Gob stopper

Zena at Yarmouth IOW

The "Cool Looking" Crew

Zena (3yrs) checking the Bus times



Zena watching the TV aboard

The View from the boat at Sunset Yarmouth Harbour

This is a selection of our 9 day Summer Holiday with Honor, Jude & Little Zena on the IOW, we stayed in Yarmouth Harbour but as usual explored the whole Island. Honor learnt to row as did Jude and little Zena.

The weather was kind with only one day of rain, most days were hot and sunny which given this years weather was quite unexpected.

Long Weekend 27th to 29th July 2012

Zena helping the fisherman

The two Zena's with Greek Princes

Jude with his new fishing rod

Judes smelly!!!!!!!!!!!! little friend

A salute from the cabin girl

Greek Princess

Little Zena all smiles

Look at me with my fishing rod...

Captain and crew chilling out in the dinghy

Put your shirt on skipper you will frighten the children

Jude & Zena at East Cowes
 Esplanade

With Zena now not having to work weekends any more we took the chance for along weekend in East Cowes with Jude & little Zena. We bought a small fishing rod for Jude so he could hone his fishing skills.  

Summers arrives 21st & 22nd July in the IOW

All bright and shinny after a good polish

Just put up the starboard screen

Summer finally arrived in the UK this week with temperatures in the mid twenties, so soon as Zena had finished work, we headed to the boat for a quick nip across the Solent to East Cowes for the night. The following day we got some sun bathing in. We left late on Sunday night to head back to Port Solent.

Captain "Zee" inspecting the teak decking

July 15th and it just keeps raining...!




 

Just to mark the fact that it has been raining more or less non stop since the first week of June,

its now the 15th July and although it didn't rain today its overcast and misrable,

we stopped on the boat last night but came home mid day today as it was grim..

where is the summer?