It has been a busy, and expensive (!) couple of weeks. With settled weather we left Rocella Ionica heading for the Messina strait. After a night at anchor in a rather dull spot called Bova Marina (which is just a place to anchor with minimal protection from the wind and waves: no marina at all), …
Our guests arrived! First up were Ros and Godric, joining us in Corfu where we were waiting at Mandraki marina in the grounds of the old fort. We had planned a week’s gentle cruise southwards to finish in Preveza. Sadly, illness forced them to leave early, but we still managed to enjoy a few days …
These past couple of weeks have been a quiet interlude before friends join us, followed by family the next week. So we have been pottering around the harbours and anchorages on Corfu and the mainland, seeking out good spots to return to with our friends when they arrive. We started south of Lefkas, at anchorages …
It has been a busy couple of weeks. Our friend Suzie – who we have known since trainee days in Plymouth – joined us shortly after the last post. We met up in Agios Efimia, a bay on the Eastern coast of Kefalonia, and proceeded to sail our way around the Ionian islands. From Ag. …
We’ve made it around the Peloponnese! Favourable (and strong) winds have blown most days for the past week, so we have taken every opportunity to keep moving, whilst still taking in some of the sights and delights of the region. After Monemvasia, we headed south and spent nights at the tips of each of the …
After a few days back in the UK, we flew out to Greece on the 2nd of May, spent a night in Athens, then flew on to Leros the next day. Merryn was back in the water by that afternoon, and all looked set for a rapid re-commissioning then the start of our sailing season. …
The Spring Hut to Hut Tour! Conditions at the start were not auspicious! On Sunday the 16th of April Cate and me, with our friends Martin, Nick and Chris, plus our guide Pierre and his partner Nathalie, set off from Le Fornet to reach the Prariond hut above the Maupassant gorge – in dense fog. …
Since Cate’s girl friends left last month we have switched to “training mode” – trying to get a bit fitter ahead of the ski tour we will be doing next week. The weather has been much more unsettled: cold spells, warm spells, sun, rain and snow; and often many of those on the same day! …
The off-piste trip, a regular fixture of the winter season. For over 20 years I have joined David, Martin, Nick, Chris and our guide, Dave, for a week of off-piste skiing. This year we returned to Andermatt. Conditions were tricky, to say the least, with almost no fresh snow having fallen for over a month. …
We need more snow!!! The weather this winter must be unprecedented. There has been no new snowfall for at least a month, with blue sunny skies every day. The slopes are in desperate need of fresh snow – both on and off piste. All the powder has gone, the pistes are icy and the off …