Off Sailing

Back on the mainland we were definitely feeling the weather beginning to change. It was stormy and temperatures were dropping, both sea...

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It's the Vengaboys and we're going to Ibiza, whoahh!!! It was early September and we had read worrying reports regarding sailing in the...

From Barcelona to Sant Carles de la Rapida are great stretches of golden beaches with towns between the beaches and majestic mountains...

It seems we are in the Costa Brava! Neither of us had really realised this, although I have previously galloped along the sands on The...

The sails were on, the boat washed and there was no excuse to delay our departure for any longer. There was a bit of concern as we...

When purchased, Ramukanji was equipped with a pretty grubby gas hob with no oven or grill. Originally, I had thought that this would be...

Our main purpose at Port Napoleon was to have the mast and rigging re-stepped. There were other jobs which we could also do, sorting out...

The wash from a large passing barge, caused us to be up and about and ready to cast off in good time. There was a change in the air,...

I'd like to say that we left early the next morning, but boat life seemed to have caught up with us and there was lttle sense of urgency!...

The journey to the sea would now take us down through Provence, and it was the height of summer. The banks of the river led to rising...

Actually, it's pretty much straight down from Lyon to Port St. Louis-du-Rhône, where we will enter the Mediterranean Sea, a distance of...

As much as we loved our stop on the river Seille and the ambience at La Truchere, the weather we awoke to was yet more rain! A lovely...

For the next few days we travelled along the beautiful river Saone, but unfortunately it was raining again, a lot! We were used to wet...

Saturday arrived with a heatwave which was most uncomfortable as there was no shelter in the marina, not a breath of wind and lots of...

The River Saône links the navigable network of northern France to the mighty Rhône, a southern river and our exit to the Mediterranean....

The journey along this canal was very pleasant, though somewhat weather influenced too! Once we reached Joinville, and moored in a...

Weed is the big sunflower that sits in between Bill and Ben's flowerpots at the bottom of the garden. She takes care of Bill and Ben and...

Several years ago, on another sailing holiday in Greece we were wandering down the harbour after having eaten a lovely greek meal, when...

Chalons-en-Chapagne has been lovely, once we caught up on our sleep! The river here is canalised but the park is adjacent to the flowing...