It has been an unusual month! The huge snowfalls that started in November have continued all the way into December, but with unseasonably warm temperatures that have turned the precipitation at lower altitudes into rain, and made the off-piste at higher altitudes heavy – more like skiing in late March. Through all of that we …
The snow keeps falling… Towards the end of November I flew back to London – and Cate and I went partying. Our friend Jeavon was hosting his 60th birthday and retirement parties as a combined bash – both several years late (he claims due to Covid restrictions, but we think his notorious timekeeping is more …
The first post of the new winter season, and an unseasonably early post at that! For me, this season has begun earlier than ever, with a ski in beautiful conditions in La Rosière – but more on that later! We left Merryn in the capable hands of Umberto in his boatyard on the East coast …
I’m writing this from our place in France, staring out of the window at pouring rain. The sailing season seems a long way away! We left Sicily for the overnight passage to Sardinia on the 2nd of October. Conditions could not have been more different to the previous long passage from Greece to Italy. This …
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. …