Jonty and Carole take part in a Cruising Association conference on which kit and techniques give you the best chance of MOB recovery
Jonty Pearce
Jonty Pearce: The wonder of nature
As the dusk fell and the gloaming darkened, the shadow swirled and changed as it writhed in what light still remained, framed between the banks of trees on either side…
Jonty Pearce: Raindrops keep falling on my deck
There is something comforting about lying warm and dry in ones bunk while listening to steady rain falling on deck, securely moored in the marina whose excellent warm cafe will…
Jonty Pearce: Sailing into the sunset
As the nights draw in on the end of the 2015 sailing season I am starting to ponder the twilight of my own working life. I have been a GP…
Jonty Pearce: Mandatory Training
Although I do not necessarily feel any pressing need for refreshment, Continual Professional Development (CPD) requires me to attend an annual GP Refresher Course. At least the one at which…
Jonty Pearce: Diesel fitter
As a Brummie, I feel qualified to reproduce a shortened version of this very bad Black Country joke as an opener to this whimsy. Having been made redundant, Enoch and…
Jonty Pearce: Skomer at last
Finally for the first time this season we achieved: Getting out of Milford Haven and going further than St Ann’s Head lighthouse Raising all the flappy bits and enjoying a…
Jonty Pearce: The reluctant blogger
When our noble editor first suggested that I wrote a blog I must admit that I declined, partly from a Ludditic stance of not knowing what a blog actually was,…
One the Met Office did not forecast?
I don’t much like change. In fact, working as an NHS GP, I have a severe case of change fatigue. If something works, why change it? All too many Ministers…
Jonty Pearce: Southampton Boat Show
I always enjoy the Southampton Boat Show. I still have a childhood memory of the excitement of Earl’s Court when, taken along as company for my best friend, we gawped…