Meanwhile back at the ranch We head off south to the Hereford Society of Model Engineers Family Day. Here we spent a pleasant day in the sun boating and watching ride-on model trains. There was free Tea and Coffee and Cakes all day! We spent the day boating and watching a selection of new boats that we had not seen before. Certainly some ideas for our next build. The sun was out and as we were able to park right by the lake it was easy sailing. As usual the ...

First Destination Port Reached On Friday evening at around 22.30 BST the MSC Gemma reached her berth in the Port of Singapore. Looking at the projected forward travel of the container our goods are in (Yes, you can track the container itself) it is going to be transferred to the MAERSK RIO DELTA container ship which is due to arrive at Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia (which is just outside Singapore) over the next few days. The MAERSK RIO DELTA is the new name of ...

Latest Update on MSC GEMMA (and our belongings) It has been a few weeks since I posted a report about our goods. The last report on the 1st of June had the MSC Gemma in the port of Rotterdam. From there it travelled across the North Sea on the 15th of June to the UK port of Felixstowe where our goods were, having previously been transported from Bristol. The 'Gemma' arrived in Felixstowe on the 16th of June and remained there until the 20th of June when it...

Today, on a sunny morning we left our new home in Worcester to take our last remaining boat to a lake with the Droitwich Spa Model Boat Club. The Tug has not sailed there before and so it was apleasure not only for us but also for other members to see her sailing around with smoke and lights. Several members of the public stopped to enjoy it and take some pictures, as did we. The Lake itself is by Worcester County Hall and is an open boating lake for all to enj...

Today the NSC Gemma is in Rotterdam. It travelled there from Le Harve. Passing through the crowded English Channel.