High and dry

I don't often blog in real time. Post are dated as the event they describe, not when they are written. Not much else to do at the moment though. Alison is feeling distinctly under the weather. Robinetta is distinctly up amongst it! The forecast gales are threatening, shaking the rigging as we sit high and dry on the only shingle bank for miles around us. Quite an achievement, going aground so hard, so close to home. We knew it was shallow and I was heading gently back towards the channel. Too gently. Something cut Worm's painter - could have been our prop but nothing is wrapped round it. The good ship Kalinda came to our rescue and brought Worm back but their best efforts were not enough to pull us off the shingle. The water was gushing out of the river and we were hard aground in minutes.

Getting off this evening should not be a problem.