I’m glad you found your way to my website – welcome. The site is still under construction, so bear with me!
The purpose of this site is to provide a comprehensive referenced link to my published work, (for my benefit as well as others – I’ve got a lousy memory! 
), to share anecdotes and photos about places I’ve lived with my husband, Neville, and also to provide an insight into our life and travels on the French waterways. The last twenty years or so have been varied, challenging and stimulating, as we moved between England, South Africa, Germany, Spain and France, and some of it may be of interest to you.
Clicking on the Creatures Great and Small tab at the top left of this page will take you to some photos of birds and animals that we have taken on our travels.
Cruising in France – Index will take you to a linked list of historical trip reports in our boat Desormais. These reports were compiled for the benefit of an old friend of the family, who lives in America and for various reasons is unable to get out and about very much. Despite her years, (eighty five I think) she still negotiates the internet and writes regular emails, and has always looked forward to reading about what we are doing – in a way living her life vicariously. For this reason, I have had to literally adopt a “teach your granny” approach when describing boating, so if you’re an experienced boater, forgive me.
And finally, clicking on Published Work will take you to a list of the work I’ve had published in various media, with links to the relevant site, where appropriate.
I hope you enjoy browsing around the site – and that you’ll come back from time to time to see how we’re doing.
See you soon!
Sandra Crook
Lovely blog, Sandra. That cat looked just like a stray, a real feral Tom, we adopted many years ago. Shadow, we called him. Our other female cats hated him but he didn’t want to come into the house. Always defended our females when a fight broke out. Once day, a few years later. Shadow disappeared. I still think of him.
I assume *I am the old friend in America – - hope so would welcome e-mails from anyone interestd – and I did watch the wedding — how about that bald spot!!!
Hi Sandra -
Hey! I’m so proud of you – you made it here. Hope someone drops you a line to brighten your day. I made sure we were moored up somewhere with good satellite signal so we could watch the wedding – enjoyed it. There’s something refreshing about this pair.
Hi Sandra – thanks for all the info on the canal. My wife and I are starting our first full summer of cruising. Starting at Agde where our boat has been for the winter and at a very slow pace will take on the Canal du Midi.
David & Carol Gardner
Emrae
Hi David and Carol. Glad the information has been useful. If you have any specific queries please feel free to post them. Alternatively, the Can2Mers group will be able to help, and I think you are in contact with them. We will probably cross paths after mid August, when we will begin our journey to Agde to take the boat out of the water for checking before we set off up the Rhone. We’ve had three great seasons down here on the Midi and our favourite, the Garonne. Now it’s time for a new adventure. Enjoy your summer, and make sure you book your winter moorings early as Castelnaudary might be out of service this winter. Other moorings will therefore fill up fairly quickly. Happy cruising!
Sandra, I got a link to the microhorror contest through flash fiction chronicles to your stories and read them. Impressive work.
Thank you fishlovesca.
Sandra,
Thanks so much for commenting on my blog and allowing me to follow you home. Imagine my surprise when I found out you had, indeed, married your ouija board husband!
Love it!
You have a beautiful site here and I’m glad I got to stop over and see it!
Thanks for taking a look at the site, and many thanks also for taking me back down memory lane with those paper fortune tellers. Daniel sounded to be a real charmer! Look forward to reading more of your blogs
Together again in Postcard shorts Sandra – nice site
We can’t keep on meeting like this Oonah!
I discovered your site after reading your Christmas “shame” story just published in EveryDayFiction. Congratulations! The character is deliciously revealed. And here, I find the life of a writer also revealed in a beautifully organized blog that shows persistence and just good writing. Consider taking that novel out of the drawer.
Thanks for dropping by the site, and for your kind comments. I wish I had your dedication!
Hi Sandra I would like to mail you about some problems I am having with H2O at St Jean De Losne. I sensed that you had difficulty too when you were there way back. My direct email is davidlymn@gmail.com
Happy to help where I can. I’ll drop you a line.
Hi Sandra. I came across your name while reading at Postcard Shorts and really enjoyed your stories. I look forward to more.
Thanks Janet; I took a look at your site too. Impressive.