Never having to worry about flood warnings. Being able to move on if the neighbours are noisy or bothersome. Being able to move to where the sun is. Maximum of 5 steps from any point inside to reach the loo. (9 if you’re vertically challenged) Zero travel costs when sailing from place to place. Making …
Whamageddon, who’s in?
OK ... the rules are below. Even if you've heard it .. you can start from now! Comment here or on Twitter with the hash tag #whamageddon when you're out. Good luck everyone 🎅🎄
Getting crafty
In a brave attempt to alter some bedding and save some pennies I've booked a sewing lesson and hired a sewing machine for a few hours tomorrow 😉😂 Joyce ... expect a 'help me' call shortly!! *UPDATE Brilliant fun today at the workshop. Bobbins (kind of know what they are now), 2 types of stitches, …
Weymouth to Salcombe
Weymouth video https://splice.gopro.com/v?id=EPRobv
A week in Weymouth
Hi, long time no chat ... We've been in Weymouth for just over a week and the good news is ..... I've got my appetite back 🐷🐷 We've done some exploring around Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester ... eating plenty of cake and lots of coffee. We've waded through the recommendations from the lovely Hayley (mainly …
So much to do … the plan takes shape
So I'm sitting at work having a mild panic at the enormity of what needs to happen for this to work. Current mood 😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲 We've had a productive few days with a letting agent coming to see the house, sorting through paperwork and clothing. We've set a date as to when we leave Swannick marina …
4 days dry docked
So we're off down to Gianti today, having taken a few days off work to get things sorted. Trev's had an overnight stay already, but this is the first time I've been on her since we saw her. She's dry docked, so all access is via a long, long ladder 😨😨😨 I'm a little worried …
We need to talk about last night ….
This was how the entry to the log book started. What an eventful night, got some great pictures and I think we'll be able to cope in those circumstances again! We planned a route to take us to an anchorage across the other details of Mljet so we could take a different line back to …
Sails up, stern to mooring .. the trip from Mjlet to Korcula
An early start, after a fab fish platter (John dory, shrimps, octopus 🐙 all on the grill). We managed to get the sails up and peaked at a top speed of 8.2 knots. I was a little happier with 5-6 and not heeling over quite so far!!! We played around with sail trimming and enjoying …
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Croatia 🇭🇷
Well, what a cool few days. After a really early start, we arrived in Dubrovnik and were met by the fabulous Florio at the airport. We had a very quick lesson n Croatian basics, which has served us well. We checked in at the marina and found we could get the boat 2 hours …
Our Big Boaty Adventure 