Janet's Blog

Brrrrr – what a change in the weather to last month. Winter really does feel like it's arrived at last. We're selling coal and logs like they're going out of fashion and the only thing that's worrying me is will there be any left to keep the home fire burning! Our house is quite

It's a bit of a struggle to write anything today so I'll have to be brief. We have had a fantastic week – it started off with confirmation that we have been awarded 5 out of 5 gold anchors in the British Marine Federation/Yacht Harbour Association Gold Anchor Scheme. I feel a bit like a

I'm writing this sitting in the marina office after shivering outside for the annual Overwater Marina Carol Singing session. Sadly the weather is so inclement we didn't make it around the marina – the general concensus was to stay close to the building. The carol singers were in good

Where has this week gone to – I hate to say it but do you realise it's only 5 weeks until the big red guy pops down our chimney and my kids go hyper on Cadbury's Selection boxes and stripey sugar canes! But let's not think about that (bah, humbug!) lets get back to important Overwater

I've heard and seen it all now – there I was sitting in the office absent mindedly staring at the CCTV screen (only because it was in the direction I was looking – not because I was being nosy) and suddenly a little black blob appeared – I did a bit of a double take, rubbed my eyes a couple of

Anyone want to buy a boat? A Cheese Boat to be precise! Cheese Boat 2 has just gone onto brokerage through Rugby Boats at Overwater. It's really exciting having such an interesting prospect to sell but, at the same time it's really quite sad because Helen and David are very special people

Last week I had a brilliant day out – at last I managed to find the time to go out and do my Inland Waterways Helmsman's Certificate with Linda from Cheshire Cat Training which is based at the Marina. Typically it just so happened to be one of the windiest days of the week but at least the

I couldn't let this week go by without saying a big thank you to Brian Phillips from nb Emily who arranged for an Astronomy Evening at the marina last Saturday night. Will Stewart of the South Cheshire Astronomy Society showed us how to look for the major constellations and I was amazed to

Sorry – it's been so hectic this month I've hardly had time to put pen to paper. September was busy last year and it's been even busier this time which is great – I don't know where the days go to – they seem to fly past. It's been a month of change – Sue has gone over to the