Gy to Sains des Bains: 71.7km, 748m ascent Today was one of contrasts. We departed Gy, in the Haute Saône and had to stay on small roads as there are no cycle tracks. This took us past ‘potty’ villages and the lovely 15th century village of Marnay. The buildings are beautiful and the central square …
Melay to Gy: 70km and 707m ascent Today was beautiful. Having left the Meuse Valley yesterday, we had continued into the Valley of the river Anger. There are villages every three or four kilometres but all seem almost deserted, and in many almost every other house seems to be abandoned. All around us are huge …
Givet to Monthermé: 61.6 km Last night we had an amazingly good meal at the restaurant next to our hotel in Givet. A three course set menu was transformed into a gastronomic feast with the the addition of delicious ameuse bouche and chocolate desserts on the house. Overnight it poured with rain so this morning …
We’ve spent the last few weeks meandering our way southwards to Grenada. The weather is now much calmer than on our northbound passage and this has given us the opportunity to visit spots that were too exposed for pleasant anchoring. From Tobago Cays we doubled back to Cannouan where we explored ashore. The tiny island …
We spent a few days back in Rodney Bay, St Lucia before heading south to the magnificent bay, Anse des Pitons, where we moored off the beach between Gros and Petit Piton. Jaleel, the water taxi guide, arranged for his “uncle Dave’ to take us on a brilliant tour inland. We hiked up to the …
We spent almost three weeks in beautiful Martinique. We extended our stay in Point du Bout marina so that Jonathan could take some lessons wing-foiling. His first lesson was on a windsurfer board so the he could learn to use the wing. Technology is great – he wore a helmet in which a microphone allowed …
We left the beautiful bay at Bequia almost two weeks ago and have been making our way north to Martinique. We had a long and breezy sail from Bequia to St Lucia, bypassing St Vincent. St Vincent looks to be a beautiful green island clad in lush rainforest but there are no natural coves in …
We departed Chatham Bay on Union Island a week ago. The bay was beautiful and undeveloped but the winds there were incredibly gusty making for sleepless nights as the anchor chain dragged over the bow roller. My last night was even more disturbed after snorkling above the anchor chain that day and finding that all …
We departed Prickly Bay just over a week ago having had a fantastic night with our Viking pals at the West Indian Beer Company. They brew a wide variety of IPA, lager, cider and bitter and you can select a tasting menu of, thankfully, small glasses. We found ourselves there on Latin American night and …
Gosh! We’ve already been here for more than two weeks and we’re starting to settle in to the laid back island lifestyle. Our first week in Grenada was filled with excitement and partying. Crossing the Atlantic has brought all the Viking Explorers into a close knit family and we celebrated our achievement in style. Only …