Having left Merryn in Sardinia we returned to London for a few days to visit family and arrived back in Ste Foy on 18th September. This gave us almost a week to settle into mountain life, explore some new walks and prepare for the arrival of a group of dear old college friends. We have …
The highlight of our last week in Sardinia has been our holiday along the western side of the island with my Dad. Leaving Santa Maria Navaresse in our hire car, Cate and I drove across the centre of Sardinia to Alghero. The road meandered across the mountains of central Sardinia giving us some spectacular views. …
We are approaching the end of this Summer’s sailing season: Merryn has been lifted out and is now tucked away safely in Umberto’s boatyard on the east coast of Sardinia. We are spending a few days in Santa Maria Navarrese – just a few minutes drive from the boatyard – doing the final cleaning and …
Our onward passages have seemed rushed at times: leaving Almerimar we planned a passage to a harbour called Garrucha – a rather dull place we had visited before, but a useful stopover. The forecast was for light winds, and indeed we started motoring in calm seas. However, the winds and waves built, reaching gale force …
Sailing at last! We returned to Gibraltar over two weeks ago, expecting to stay in the marina there for just a few days whilst we re-provisioned and checked out the electrical work that had been done on Merryn. The reality was, of course, far different. The electricians were over-running, having found the installation much harder …
A few days after arriving in Gibraltar Jonathan left Merryn in Queensway Quay Marina where she is having an electrical refit. He flew from there to Geneva where we met at the main station after a month apart – very romantic. It was scorching in the city and we celebrated with cold beers before taking …
I departed the Caribbean in late May, leaving Jonathan to sail Merryn across the Atlantic with Jon and Peter. Happily Merryn arrived safely in Gibraltar today. Meanwhile, I had returned to London where I spent a few days visiting family before heading to Ste Foy. I was really looking forward to cooler weather in Europe …