Not all who wander are lost …
My first thought when writing this was to give an overview of all the things that have been refurbished, repaired, renewed, discarded and added during the Autumn, Winter and Spring months. That would be too dull, so let’s just say that I spent the dark months trying to improve Elice, well, the inside anyway. Now …
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Hi, well it’s been a while since we last updated everyone. I write this from the Amel in Cardiff, UK in February. We’ve been back in the UK for 9 months and have spent most of that time on the new boat, or She-Who-Will-Not-Be-Named if you prefer. The Captain is a methodical, thoughtful man. Who …
A bullet point account of how we set about swapping Gianti for something a little larger to take us on the next phase of Our Big Boaty Adventure: Find a boat. Preferably one that’s afloat or can float.Make sure your chosen boat is for sale. If not, convince the current owners that it no longer …
Let’s go back in time to last October. We’d chosen Licata as our winter home for 2 reasons. Firstly, we wanted to head to the Greek Islands the following Spring and secondly, we wanted to take all the old antifoul off the hull, re-prime and apply new. So, Licata seemed like a good option. And …
We're finishing up some last minute preparations for the sail across to Sardinia, after being at anchor for the last 5 nights. With a load of laundry completed, the dinghy packed away, food shop done. We moved to the hellishly expensive Menorca Marina floating pontoon (€55 a night & no toilet!). I took the opportunity …
What we do when we're hot and bothered at sea ... with zero wind to cool us down Happy Bank Holiday everyone 😜😂😀
We've had a lovely, lovely week in Rio Guadiana catching up with some friends from Lagos & meeting new ones. In fact we were fully supervised by sailing grown ups. Both the Portuguese & Spanish villages were really pretty & there's great walking around there with trails linking to the Camino Santiago Compostela. The 2 …
We try and exercise regularly with anything from resistance bands workouts, yoga, going for a run, cycling and generally walking everywhere. One of the benefits of having a static base is that we've both been able to have a regular exercise routine. Trev's been hitting the local gym pretty hard & I've been mainly working …
There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
POOP DECK: Because we give a SHIT
Living the dream onboard our Beneteau 473 with our sailor dog
Our Big Boaty Adventure 