Janet's Blog

Half way through the school holidays and I'm doing quite well at keeping everything up in the air – balancing the kids and work can be quite a juggling act. Typically I spend most of my day at work feeling guilty I'm not at home doing things with the girls....then I race home to find they

I've had a bit of a treat today – I took the executive decision to get out of the office and onto the Wheelyboat. I gatecrashed the 10.30am trip and had a lovely time until Rod handed me the tiller and said "she's all yours". The look of horror on my face must have been a

I'm looking out of my office window and it's raining – where on earth has the summer gone to?? I even had to resort to trousers today instead of shorts – my goosebumps were getting goosebumps! This time last week we were on a family holiday in Cyprus – they were having a bit of a heatwave

We've been in preparation this week for the grand launch of the Overwater Wheelyboat which takes place on the 27th June. Rodney and his gang have really pulled out the stops this time – getting enough grant funding to put the boat on the water and be able to offer free trips to wheelchair

Continuing from our mad week last week Vanessa from Boatfinder Brokerage has just been in to confess that she and her other half spent a very amusing half hour trying to batter their way out and then into their own boat – well Vanessa was – the other half was tackling the job in a more business

Last week has to be billed as one of the strangest weeks we've had in a long time! It started on the Monday with a moorers cat locked in someone elses boat and was followed by a quick sucession of strange enquiries and "interesting" visitors. The funniest moment of the week had to be

The marquee is up, the tables are set, potaloos are on site, the cowboys are here........the excitement is building.......the weather is giving us more stress than you can possibly imagine....and it's almost festival time!!! Rodney, Dave and Sue have put in so much hard work organising the

What a busy weekend it's been! Not only is it Crick Boat Show – and Ant and Alex has gone down there with the Overwater stand, but it's also the Audlem Music Festival and Carnival weekend. I's always hectic, trying to cover at the marina as well as visiting boat events but I love this