We enter October with a definite feel of Autumn with shorter days and soft, low sunlight at dawn and dusk. Despite this the recent southerly winds have brought high humidity and we are back to 30 degrees so, despite the sea feeling a bit chilly, we are still jumping in to cool off! After a …
Can’t quite believe it’s more than a month since the last blog! We flew back to France a month ago to arrange work on our apartment. We attended the annual meeting of the co-propriety which was slightly stressful as it was conducted in French and we became a little lost in a long and animated …
We departed Lefkas heading south down the Lefkas canal looking forward to exploring the Southern Ionian Islands. We sailed here before, many moons ago and before we bought our own boat, when we came on a flotilla holiday to see if we would be compatible as a sailing team! Fortunately we were not put off …
We’ve arrived in Greece! The favourable winds arrived on 7th June – in fact they were barely winds at all so we motored across a very calm Ionian Sea with numerous visits from dolphins. The only real action came in the early hours, just after moonset, when Cate was on watch. There’s quite a lot …
After our fabulous week in the Aeolian Islands we returned to mainland Sicily with an overnight stop at Milazzo before heading to the Strait of Messina. Timing was important as a strong current runs through the strait and, as we were close to spring tides, could run at 4 knots. Guide books also warn of …
We left Palermo a week ago although time seems to have stretched. Our first port of call was the town of Cefalu where we anchored just beside the tiny marina, an idyllic spot surrounded by incredible rock formations, and spent a very peaceful night. It was so beautiful that it was difficult to leave, but …
We woke just before 6am as it was getting light and slipped away from Porto Corallo, waving goodbye to the east coast of Sardinia and heading out across the Tyrrhenian Sea to Sicily. In our favour was a forecast of light winds and calm seas, against was the fact that this stretch of coastline had …
We’re back on our skis and having fun! Just over two weeks ago, whilst descending from Mont Rosset in the Beaufortain, I fell in heavy snow and twisted my knee and ankle. I managed to get down the mountain performing a vey inelegant snowplough and that has prevented me from skiing for a while. Fortunately, …
We’ve had another week of glorious sunshine and have been out in the mountains every day. The search for untracked snow is becoming more difficult as we’ve had no snow for three weeks. But we’ve done two lovely off-piste runs, the Itineraire Les Lanchettes above Villaroger and a revisit of the Col Grainier in Ste …
We’ve had another fantastic week of blue skies and great skiing. On Tuesday we headed off with Wayne for another superb Alpine Experience morning, descending from the Grande Motte and then skinning to Col de la Sana. There were very few other groups around and we had a lovely ascent to the col. The couloir …