Another two weeks have passed and, looking at the map, we don’t seem to have travelled very far! We waited another few days at Motril for the winds to turn from strong Westerlies to more favourable Easterlies, enjoying another evening with Frank and Rosi, our fellow Vikings. We headed off west along the Costa Del …
It has been a slow restart for our sailing adventures, but we have compensated for the lack of sailing by packing in a lot of sightseeing. We started in Valencia, staying in a lovely hotel in the centre of the city – the best bit of the hotel was the air-conditioning! It is a luxury …
For the past few weeks the sun has shone and we’ve been out walking almost every day, spending every evening on our terrace and having plenty of barbeques. Down in the valley it has hit 30 degrees but it’s pleasantly cooler up in the mountains. Jonathan has taken the opportunity to develop his skills with …
So much has happened since our last blog – over a month ago! …leaving Spain, we flew to England and had a whirlwind tour – visiting my Dad, Cate’s Mum, seeing friends, and going to a comedy show (Ed Gamble), two concerts (Abba and the National), and an impressive exhibition of the Apollo moon landings …
We departed Santa Pola on the last leg of our trip from Sardinia to Almerimar. Thankfully the winds and swell had calmed and we had a great sail to our next port of Les Salines. This is an interesting little port with a big fishing fleet so we were greeted with strong fishy smells as …
I returned to Palma after a fantastic weekend in London, having visited my mum and then joined friends for Sally and Sarah’s special birthday celebration at Sam’s on the river. Fabulous food, brilliant company and a surprise visit by Anita who had flown over from Australia. Lunch carried on well into the evening and the …
We almost waited too long for the passage across to Menorca! The winds had abated so much that we motored all the way, using the sails only to add a bit of stability and increase the boat speed by half a knot or so. It was a gentle passage, with a moonlit night, and plenty …
We departed Isola Maddalena and had a night at a beautiful anchorage, waiting for the swell to abate, before heading across the Bonifacio Strait to Corsica. The old walled city of Bonifacio clings to high, eroded cliffs and is an incredible sight. We then rounded a small headland that leads into the narrow Cala of …
We start this season back where we began our first full Mediterranean summer – in Santa Maria Navarrese on Sardinia’s east coast. This has become one of our favourite spots – relaxed, beautiful, great value, and with the perfect boatyard to winter Merryn, owned by Umberto in Arbatax. Umberto, as before, had done a great …