Janet's Blog

That's the last time I sit in the Overwater Marina office complaining that I have nothing to blog about – within minutes Alison from the Coffee Lounge came running in to say she'd been down the marina drive and had been overtaken by a group of galloping cattle, all heading straight for the

Is it normal to be so excited about a bit of new uniform? Maybe I just don't have enough excitement in my life (apart from the 2 kids, 2 horses, 3 cats, 1 dog and 5 chickens). Or maybe I'm still spending too long at the marina... Who knows? Anyway, back to the uniform – we've decided to

Sometimes I really do sit back and think what a fun job being at the marina is. I used to hate Monday mornings but the last few have been really great fun. It started off a couple of week ago with a visit from a reporter for Radio 4's Farming Today – they were running a week on rural tourism

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