Any news from JohnRSmith?

[John Gearing]

I miss his fine stories of his boating adventures and misadventures. Have I missed them this summer, or has he not been posting?

[Dave Fleming]

Cannot recall too much JohnR in recent times.
Did you try the Search thing to see when last he posted?

That heat wave in Europe and the BI's is affecting folks summers in a really negative way.
Saw just this evening that Britain has had the highest recorded temps in history. Italy may have as many as 5000 deaths as a result of the heat wave. At least JohnR and his dear wife can plop in the mud of the anchorage if worse comes to worse.

<insert big grin here>

Can you imagine JohnR in a mud bath???!!!!

[ 08-18-2003, 02:50 AM: Message edited by: Dave Fleming ]

[Wild Dingo]

Yer right there John and Dave he has been rather quiet of late... sweltering?... ah well he will come back soon enough and regale us with his Kates Lulus and Doris's latest adventures into the wilds of Cornwall :cool:

[Peter Kalshoven]

I asked the same question in June, and this is how John replied:

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posted 06-12-2003 03:53 AM
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Peter

thanks for the enquiry, we feel a warm glow that folks remember us. Fact is, we have not spent much time on things nautical recently. Domestic affairs have been pressing (my brother has serious health problems) and Kate has been laid low with her back injury again.

I made a good start to the season with great weather in April, did lots of varnishing and stuff but then May was awful - rain, rain, rain. June has been pretty mixed too. Went away for a short break to visit Kate's sister in Derby, and when I got back I found some nasty little vandal had cut my front mooring ropes. Fortunately, he missed the dinghy painter, which was all that was holding both boats to the quay. It was very nearly bye bye Lulu.

So I spent the next weekend buying and making up all new front moorings. We have been down river a couple of times, which was great as always, but there is nothing of note to report. And I see that the tides this year fall very badly on the weekends, which is bound to happen sometimes when you are on a drying mooring. Ho hum.

Still, the weather today is fine and bright and the rest of the season beckons

All best regards from Cornwall

John"

Hopefully, his summer has improved. Let's hope for an update.

Pete

[John Gearing]

Thanks for filling me in, Peter! I'd been off-forum myself since the middle of May and so had missed the discussion in June. Had some big exams to study for, but they're behind me now so I logged into the forum and started looking for JRS' latest. Hope things are going better for him and that he and Kate are able to have some more nautical venturing soon.

[Ed Harrow]

I sent them an email a week, maybe two ago. Thus far I've not heard a thing - hoping they're on holiday.