I’m writing this on the 15th of January, on what seems like the first quiet day since we started the season out here. The day after we celebrated Cate’s birthday we waved goodbye to Ros and Godric, and started the long drive back to England. We stopped in the beautiful medieval town of Troyes for …
It’s started, and started with a bang! After three weeks of painting, decorating, DIY, furniture moving and generally getting our house ready, we welcomed our first guests – Martin and Jeavon – on the 9th of December. And, if anything, we seem to be even busier: this time with partying! Fresh snow was falling as …
What a month! We have been so busy – hence the lack of a blog for well over a month. In that time – since leaving our boat in the Leros boatyard – we have been back in England, celebrated a special birthday for Cate, moved home, and arrived in France to find a building …
Another sailing season draws to a close. We returned to Leros marina right at the beginning of October, fully expecting to get out again for a few more days sailing. However, a combination of meltemi winds (will they never stop?!) and a realisation that we had a lot of work to do, meant that we …
The last couple of weeks started gently enough: we were pinned into Paroikia, the port town of Paros, for a whole week whilst we waited for the meltemi winds to calm down. Escaping from the rocking motion on board, we took a bus inland and visited the old town of Lefkes. Lots of beautiful and …
We are back on the water! After a few days’ break in France and England, we flew back out to Corfu on the 4th of July. Waiting for us in the office at Gouvia marina were two shiny new stand-up paddle boards (SUPs), that we had ordered on the internet and had delivered to the …
A short interlude! With the days getting hotter and hotter in Corfu, we have been glad to have an excuse to escape for a few days. We returned to our apartment in Ste Foy, mainly to complete the purchase of our neighbour’s apartment, which we did on the 24th of June. It is a dream …
Our first port of call in Sicily was Trapani, a town on the western edge of the island. Mainly a place for us to catch up on sleep after the overnight passage from Sardinia, but it was also a good place to get my bike fixed – finally – even if it is now a …
A delayed start to the Summer season! The first delay was in Gatwick airport, where our flight to Sardinia was delayed by ten hours. Arriving, eventually, in Cagliari, we found that the car hire desk had shut for the night, so suffered a further delay with a night in a airport hotel in the capital. …
The winter season draws to a close! Since returning from our ski tour in Switzerland, it seems that Spring has rushed towards us and Summer is already approaching. Just a couple of weeks ago we were shivering in icy winds and cold at the top of the Petit St Bernard Pass; today we have been …