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A good mornings work on Sólmara. I made an outboard mount for the pushpit. Having the engine in a well has its advantages, but there’s no room to tilt the leg out of the water when it’s in there. Now, I can pull the engine out when berthed and avoid all the fouling and electrolysis issues.

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Moved Sólmara to a new winter berth in Falmouth Marina. She’s now outside the tidal sill, which means more opportunities to sail 😁⛵️

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You Must Capture Your Ideas: neilhawkesford.co.uk

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@ccohanlon.bsky.social Wonderful!

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As paradoxical as it sounds, going down a path and not finding a track is part of finding a track…… No action is considered a waste, and the key is to keep moving, readjusting, welcoming feedback. The ‘path of not here’ is part of the ‘path of here’.

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The Lion Trackers Guide to Life - Boyd Varty

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I cross this footbridge over the River Kennall on my 🧠 Thinking Walk 🚶🏻‍♂️. It’s a crossing in both senses. On the far side, I’m somewhere else, in body and mind. Where do you do your best thinking?

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A nice charity shop find to add to my local history book collection.

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From ‘The Art of Being Ruled’ published in 1926 - ‘Remember the machines! would be a good watchword. We are imbuing them with our own soullessness. We only have ourselves to thank if things turn out badly as a result’. - Amazingly relevant 100 years later eh?

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@ccohanlon.bsky.social Aye there’s a few about thank goodness. But mine will remain forever a fantasy.

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@ccohanlon.bsky.social Skills? Maybe a few. Wherewithal? Absent in every department!

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@ccohanlon.bsky.social My fantasy. A little traditional boatyard up an idyllic Cornish creek. Rescuing beautiful old sailing boats from the scrapyard, restoring them with enthusiastic volunteers and teaching youngsters the art of wooden boatbuilding.
\nThey do it with steam trains and traction engines. Why not little ships?

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Quarter-share in a boat anyone? Joking apart, a sad end to what, in her day, would have been a lovely vessel.

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Getting some much needed air through Sólmara’s cabin. She’s been neglected again of late. I need to get her out sailing again soon.

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Falmouth looking non too shabby for 1st November

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I read old, obscure books from Project Gutenberg to follow my curiosity beyond the familiar. If we only read what everyone else is reading, we risk arriving at the same views. Older books can offer a fresh angle—or wisdom we’ve overlooked.

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I’ve picked The Art of Being Ruled by Wyndham Lewis from Project Gutenberg. Published in 1926, it’s a provocative look at how society shapes people’s beliefs and behaviour—questions that still feel relevant today.

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A misty first light 🧠Thinking Walk🚶🏻‍♂️this morning. Cleared the head and cleared the mind.

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Dreams of the Sea - William Henry Davies‌: neilhawkesford.co.uk

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Quite a few little Speckled Wood butterflys flitting about on my 🧠Thinking Walk🚶🏻‍♂️today. Hard to catch one sitting still.

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An interesting sky on this fine Cornish morning.

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Attention Is a Choice: neilhawkesford.co.uk

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Took a long hard look at myself on todays 🧠Thinking Walk🚶🏻‍♂️

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What If It’s Not Impossible? neilhawkesford.co.uk

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I’ve a busy week at my desk ahead of me, making my 🧠Thinking Walks🚶🏻‍♂️all the more important. A mild, mizzly and breezy one this afternoon. The recent rains are bringing the river Kennall back to life. I’ve not heard the water flowing for months. Now it’s beginning to babble and chuckle again.

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Day 6 of strong/gale/storm force winds down here in Cornwall. Now we have a yellow warning for wind from 18:00 tonight into Tuesday as storm Chloe approaches. Autumn took its time to arrive, but boy has it arrived!

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Stepping out of my comfort zone on Wednesday to give an online talk to Cruising Association of Ireland and Junk Rig Association members. No pressure!

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Woke at 07:00, as usual. Except the government says it’s 06:00. Cross the Channel to France or Spain and it’ll be 07:00 again. Continue to Portugal and it’ll be back to 06:00. Surely there’s no better example of officialdom interfering with the natural order of things for no good reason.

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A quick trip to the marina to check on Sólmara. Roads flooded, still lots of debris about. Horizontal rain and gusty winds blowing across the pontoons. Mooring lines and fenders all good 👍Glad she’s snug in her berth and not out on a mooring.

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At the risk of becoming monotonous, here’s another weather update. Although (thankfully) Storm ‘Boleo’ is a long way north of us, we’re still feeling its effects. We have a yellow rain warning in for the day and the inshore waters forecast predicts gale force 8 to severe gale force 9 winds later 🙄

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@ccohanlon.bsky.social Unlikely means a non-zero chance. I suspect Given represents a valid best interest. And yes, old-age is a literal PITA, but your organic CPU is still sparking far better than mine!

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@ccohanlon.bsky.social 🤞For you my friend. If this all leads to effective treatment and better days ahead, it’ll be time and money well spent eh?

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@annalisacrawford.bsky.social Sorry to hear that Annalisa. There’s nothing I can say to help with the first. But you’re a writer, a human writer. Readers will always recognise that. The emotions stirred by your hand-crafted words are real and unique. An algorithm stringing words together cannot ever compete. ❤️

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@guywrites.bsky.social Well done Guy. I haven’t used either for years, and more recently I’ve deleted X also. It’s done me good, no doubt about it. Hanging around with the wrong crowd always leads to trouble eh?

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@foolishneil.bsky.social Without it there’d have been no middle age!

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@ffmike Thanks Mike. For sure we all have our own unique versions, but that underlying framework is surely the same for all of us. Not ever growing up is a great plan!

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@ccohanlon.bsky.social Aye, a 40 year old Newbridge Coromandel. My mental lifeboat. Got your DM and will email later. Good to hear from you my friend.

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@guywrites.bsky.social Oh no, not more bloody dolphins - Said nobody ever! Beautiful

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@ffmike Thanks. What fascinates me is that in 2000, when diesel hit about 80p a litre (£1.68 equivalent today) Britain practically ground to a halt in fuel protests. You’re right about inflation, even though our distances are far smaller, it’s still affecting prices of everything.

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