Janet's Blog

Angus and I got married on St Georges Day 20 years ago. I don't know where the time has gone. Two kids, 3 horses and 1 marina later we're both looking a little more grey than on our wedding photos! It's also now 8 years since we welcomed the first boats into Overwater and this time 8

Is April here already??!! Where did March go? We seem to have jumped straight from mid-winter to Easter and missed the bit in between. I've had a month of ups and downs. On the down side we'll all had coughs, colds and flu at home – I ended up spending nearly a week in bed with flu and

You'd normally expect January to be a pretty quiet time of year for a marina, but not for us! Where can I start? Well first we headed off to the London Boat Show to pick up the Runner Up prize in the Marina of the Year Awards in a very hotly contested Inland category. I can't believe we'

I can't believe it's that time of year again, although it is true that time gets relatively faster the older you get (think about that one). December came and went in a blur – we had everything from freezing weather and snow (and yes we even went sledging on the farm!) to much milder and

Well my month has certainly been an eventful one! It started with a bang – on the 1st of October I qualified for my first ever National Championships – I've been a stand in member of daughter No.1's British Dressage Team Quest team – the Cheshire Chicks, for a couple of years. This year

While I'm writing this I'm sitting in the office looking out of my window – it's a lovely view, looking right down the marina – I chose this view before the building was built – I hopped onto the concrete foundation slab with a can of red spray paint and marked out where I wanted my

Well the school holidays are now well and truly underway, and I'm juggling my time between home and the marina. When I'm at work I feel guilty I'm not at home and when I'm at home I feel guilty I'm not at work – and the reality is that no one really minds where I am – I really

Well, the Easter eggs are all gone – after a frantic chocolate eating frenzy, we're all feeling a bit heavier. Fortunately, the nights are lighter and I've started walking again and getting out more on the horses and my bike. Speaking of which, foolishly, some time ago I volunteered to

It's been a funny month – it kicked off with a stolen boat story. We had a poster from an insurance company about some stolen boats – as it's quite an unusual occurrence (well you can't exactly do a quick getaway!) you can imagine the interest it caused. We were even more surprised to