Why do we love cruising?
It’s the places you go, the people you meet, the food, the wind on yer whiskers… but last weekend it was the castles.
We raced out of Poole on the Sunday and there, at the harbour mouth as we headed out to the start line, was sparkly Branksea Castle just glowing back at us from the shore.
We get a kick out of castles, thinking about the history and who’s lived in them, the stories. Sweet to view them from the water too.
We can’t find too much info about the history of this particular castle, but it sits on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour – the island where Lord Baden-Powell and his boy scout camp started it all.
Cruising makes learning history seem not just painless, but fascinating.
–Captain Cat
(transcribed by the Can Opener)
The Cruising Kitty 