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2012
May 2012
Sun 27 May 12:25
Making friends on the beach in Javea
Lunch at the Italian
Making friends on the beach in Moraira
On the beach at Moraira
Our friend Maggie has a regular visitor
Koby& Milo on the train at Stansted
Back home to Spain
Apr 2012
Fri 20 Apr 14:00
another view from apartment
Home since March 7th
Apple of our eye
Last few days in Antigua
Fri 6 Apr 16:28
Sea view
Lobster, Half Moon Bay
Time to renew our visas
Mar 2012
Sun 25 Mar 16:35
Freerange
view from compund
View from apartment
Antigua time
Fri 9 Mar 21:15
Mia and her daddy build sand castle
Leander in front of Fort Berkely
Jolly Harbour,view from Tucanon
Fort at Deep Bay
Lift out
Feb 2012
Fri 24 Feb 14:24
North Antigua
Anglican church, Parham
sweeping the road between King Burger and pre 64 house
Pre 1964 dwelling
King burger, local restaurant
Parham police station
Superette, not supermarket
Caroline and Dick just off the jetty at Parham
Wed 15 Feb 22:26
Tucanon anchored just outside Boat Harbour
Upside down jellyfish in lagoon in Barbuda
Boat Harbour, Barbuda
Escaped from Canada
Frigate Birds
Fishing boats,Deep Bay
Ratafarian walking his dog
Off to Barbuda
Sun 12 Feb 16:23
Leaving marina and into Jolly Harbour
Opportunity to adopt a stop
Oil on sugar scoop from Nelson's Dockyard
and Falmouth Harbour from Shirley heights
Freemans Bay from Shirley heights
Boat on which Caroline and Mia live
Bride walks past anchor holding 1 of 3 hurrican chains
Bride arrives by boat
Beginning February, Antigua
Jan 2012
Tue 31 Jan 22:19
Super yacht passes Fort Berkley point
Back sweeping the beach
Bargain hair cut
January in Antigua
Fri 27 Jan 21:04
Mia'a First Birthday
Sun 22 Jan 21:56
bargain of the year
Blow out the candle
Here comes the party boat
Tue 10 Jan 23:01
Toy shelf, see beach behind
Pirate ship approaches
New life jacket for Mia
2011
Dec 2011
Sat 31 Dec 18:06
Sean, John, David, Dick, Susan, Jennie, Sophia
Mia,Caroline and me, Xmas lunch
Dick on Xmas morning
Dick and Mia's 1st Christmas
Christmas at Nelsons Dockyard
Thu 22 Dec 14:32
St Lucia then off to Antigua
Wed 21 Dec 21:25
Distribution lorry for Xmas hampers
Bay from beach at Soufriere
Snail under leaf at Diamond Falls
Caterpillar at Diamond Falls Botanical Gardens
Rodney Bay from beach at Pidgeon island
Rodney Bay, St Lucia from Pidgeon island Fort
Mia's new toy
Thu 15 Dec 14:57
From hotel restaurant
anchor chain
What a mess
Tucanon launch under way
The boat is launched
Mon 5 Dec 22:16
Birthday boy
Farewell Spain, Hello UK and Grenada
Nov 2011
Tue 22 Nov 11:31
Praying mantis
Frogs being guard dogs
November in Spain
Sat 19 Nov 16:21
Valerie and Tony
pre-converted barn
Debbie's golden fleece
October-It must be France
Thu 10 Nov 13:48
another market scene
market scene
human statue
Ducks at the cathedral
Spain during October
Oct 2011
Thu 6 Oct 10:39
Barco Solar
adder after rescue frim pool
Audi with Spanish plates
Audi with UK plates
Back home briefly
Sep 2011
Sun 18 Sep 11:42
Acebuchan
view towards Atlas mountains
View of mountains from David & Susan's house
David & Susan's house, from pool
close-up of new yuka shoot
New Yuka shoots
Return to Spain
Thu 1 Sep 15:51
Squirrel in Jan& Henry's garden
New Forest
New Forest ponies
Second half of August
Aug 2011
Thu 18 Aug 20:17
Long lost cousins
Lavenham Guildhall
Pretty Lavenham
Lavenham cottages
Picturesque Lavenham
Blowing out the candles
86th Birthday
Mon 15 Aug 11:17
Framlingham castle
Grae preparing supper
Dartmoor pony
Plymouth to Suffolk via Licoln, Hants and West Suffolk
Thu 4 Aug 18:24
Boat building Lyme Regis
Dartmoor ponies
Terry and Wendy's grandson
Wells cathedral
Stourhead house gardens
Dick with Sarah's offspring
Inverarary castle
Luss
Iron Brew-made from girders
Recent landbased travels
Jul 2011
Wed 13 Jul 11:38
Fit for a King
2 Austin 7's closing the top before going to the pub
2 Austin 7's double parked and ready to go
Avoncliff
July in the UK
Jun 2011
Tue 21 Jun 15:09
Bougainvillea hedge
Back Garden, Spain
Mia and Laika
Mia with Mummy in Antigua
Good to be home
Sun 5 Jun 16:20
Homemade paella,now we know we are home
lemons from our trees
Koby and Milo
Back to Europe
May 2011
Sun 1 May 23:30
Out she comes
Anchorage outside Grenada marine boatyard
Out she comes
Anchorage outside Grenada marine boatyard
Boat on the hard
Apr 2011
Mon 25 Apr 10:09
Caroline arrives by dinghy
Mia at 14 weeks
Sunset Freeman bay, Antigua
Sun 24 Apr 20:17
Chilling out in Antigua
Thu 21 Apr 21:03
Dick's birthday treat
Destiny ready for the Parade of sail
Sun 17 Apr 16:14
It rained on our parade
Sun 10 Apr 22:07
George Town
Bed on dry land
Chilling out in Grenada
Fri 1 Apr 19:49
Return of the spare cabin
Spare cabin-crew excess luggage
George Town, Grenada
Eggshells decorate cacti
Discarded boats cause pollution
Car tires make good plant pots
On our own again
Mar 2011
Sat 26 Mar 13:01
Jeannius with jury rigged sail
Basia approaches pontoon, Port St Louis, Grenada
Michael and Basia, tired, but so glad to have arrived, well done guys
We all reach Grenada
Fri 25 Mar 21:31
Eowyn standing by for Basia in background
Our rib traveling between boats
Jeannius with Basia in background
Squall shown on radar
Chartplotter shows passage during squall
Refueling Basia at sea
deployment of drogue to slow boat down
Sun 20 Mar 14:53
Mayday fo Basia
Sun 13 Mar 15:51
Farewell Recife
Mon 7 Mar 19:14
Moe&Bev ready for carnival
carnival Recife1
carnival Recife 2
carnival Recife3
carnival Recife 4
carnival Recife 5
carnival Recife6
police stand by
More fancy dress
Bull at recife
Dick joins in, Recife
Plastic cup hat
Float, Recife
Political float
Carnival,Olinda1
carnival Olinda 2
carnival Olinda3
Predators, Fancy dress, olinda
partying,Olinda
Dick&Irene,Partying Olinda
Carnival
Thu 3 Mar 15:15
lunchtime for workers
riding through town
Cachoeira
Just a facade
View from belltower Cachoeira
furling the sail on canoe
canoes in mangroves, Maragojipe
Rio Paraguacu
Feb 2011
Sun 20 Feb 20:41
private island
fishing canoe
Sat 12 Feb 12:08
Baia lighthouse
Marcello fort in harbour
Armed police etc everywhere
architecture1 Salvador
architecture 2 Salvador
architecture3 Salvador
architecture4 Salvador
architecture5 Salvador
Sao Franscisco church
600Kg gold used inside Sao Franscisco church
fruit for sale
mending cobbled road
Green building is school of cookery
Top of lift for access between sea level and old town of Salvador
Fri 11 Feb 18:13
Salvador is stunning
Sun 6 Feb 15:12
Looks like a gullet
Ruined in Hout Bay
Self inflated lifejacket
Our anchorage, St Helena
Rock-fall protection worker, St Helena
Jacobs ladder, St Helena
Arrived in Salvador
Jan 2011
Mon 31 Jan 12:20
HSBC to the rescue
Sat 22 Jan 12:57
Jonathon,200yearold tortoise
St Helena view 1
St Helena view 2
St Helena view 3
Napoleons tomb
Fri 21 Jan 15:54
St Helena
Sun 16 Jan 10:26
Sailing to St Helena
Tue 11 Jan 12:34
Farewell Cape Town
Wed 5 Jan 13:21
Mist starts to arrive,Hout bay
Hout bay from Chapmans peak drive
penguin
unknown critter with penguins
More bontebok
Cape of Good Hope
ostrich
Tue 4 Jan 06:30
funicular railway
From Cape point
bontebok
Mon 3 Jan 13:53
top lighthouse,Cape Point
peacock
guinea fowl
mongoose
New Year 2011
Seals in harbour
roses
Lunch on Boxing Day
2010
Dec 2010
Mon 27 Dec 12:53
Christmas in Cape Town
Sat 25 Dec 08:37
Dog , Paarl guesthouse
scary mask
shipwreck
View from Paarl,guesthouse
Wed 22 Dec 06:41
70knot wind
Tue 14 Dec 14:58
Run aground in harbour
Port of refuge
Too close for comfort
Sun 12 Dec 14:15
Port of Refuge
Tue 7 Dec 08:37
Arrive Sani Pass
Exit South Africa
Bread making, Lesotho
Highest pub inAfrica
Red Bishop
Climbing Drakensbergs-wiggly-woggly way
Pelican
Village in Lesotho
Lesotho terrain
Crossing ford on way to Sani Pass
Mon 6 Dec 16:15
Visit Lesotho
Thu 2 Dec 13:47
Joaquim&Jutta make the papers
Nativity,Durban botanical gardens
Big white bird on lake
Xmas tree, Durban botanical gardens
Little red bird on reed
Waiting for the weather
Nov 2010
Sat 27 Nov 07:38
Now to Durban
Tue 23 Nov 15:13
male&female lion
Victoria Falls
More Victoria Falls
Another Vic Falls
Vic Falls again
Baobab,the upside down tree
lion cubs
Dick & lion cub
john & lion cub
me & lion cub
Me & female lion
Vic falls from Zambia & Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Tue 16 Nov 11:14
Zulu witchdoctor & fortune teller
Zulu assagai warriors
Safari-zebra & baby
Safari-weaver birds, nests & frogsporn
Safari.waterbuck
Safari-warthog
Safari lodge bathroom-spider
Safari.rhino & baby
Safari-rhino
Safari-nyala
Safari lodge-massive moth
Safari-kudu
Safari-jackal
Safari-impala
Safari-hippo
Safari-grasshopper
Safari-dog shows the way
Safari-coffee break
Safari.giraffe
Safari-crocodile
Safari-buffolo
Safari in South Africa
Tue 9 Nov 12:26
Mo cuts his birthday cake
On his way to our birthday party
Fast track out of the Indian Ocean
Oct 2010
Fri 29 Oct 12:25
The blessing of the fleet
Farewell Mauritius
Tue 26 Oct 05:43
Fleet OK
Sat 23 Oct 04:27
View from Citadelle
The bottle-brush plants grow wild here
Larral joins the nursery team
Sun 17 Oct 08:31
Multi-coloured earth
Sat 16 Oct 14:48
waterfall
Hindu god
Modern supermarket
Mountain
Sun 10 Oct 05:49
Skyline Mauritius 6am
Didnt have a clew (clue)
Sat 9 Oct 09:28
Ferry, Cocos
Beach, Direction island
Repairing parasailor
What internet cafe?
Sep 2010
Sat 25 Sep 04:55
mainsail ready to go
Bird on coach roof
Lashed mainsail
Captain at work
Clew ripped from mainsail
Bird,back of cockpit
Mon 13 Sep 01:57
Chicken baskets
Before entering temple
statues outside gold/silver shop
another staue
pool at temple
Fruit stall
Tiered paddy fields
Thu 9 Sep 02:47
submarine passes
Fuel dock Darwin
Tue 7 Sep 11:07
Bird having a rest
Aug 2010
Mon 30 Aug 03:31
Cathedral termite mound
Sun 29 Aug 07:37
Waterfall fed rockpool
Beware crocodiles
rock wallaby
magnetic termite mounds
Thu 26 Aug 00:47
Dick has a haircut
Great barrier reef, lion fish
Great barrier reef,clown fish and baby
Great barrier reef
Great barrier reef
What a starfish!
Fri 13 Aug 21:56
Mum&Babe in Whitsundays
kookaburra
Forward looking sonar bottom left
Mossman gorge
another island
Mackay, Brisbane & Bengal cat
Wed 4 Aug 02:44
The beard is short, believe me
Approaching Mackay by plane
ferry station, Brisbane
ferry cat, Brisbane
Ibis, Gold coast
Boat being hoisted at Mackay
Smiley egg, Mackay
Jul 2010
Tue 27 Jul 06:53
Local man in outrigger canoe, Tanna
Mon 26 Jul 01:28
Freshwater upstream from washerwoman
Woman doing washing on beach
Local man in outrider canoe Tanna, Vanuatu
Sat 24 Jul 07:47
another after hair restyle
after hair restyle
another b4 hair restyled
Before and after, spot the difference
Fri 9 Jul 23:53
Traditional dancing Tanna
Dancer at Tanna gift exchange ceremony
Moe catches supper
Fri 2 Jul 04:49
Bev's birthday
Bev blows out the candle
Jun 2010
Sat 26 Jun 21:12
Critters & maggots from the flour
Sun 20 Jun 23:58
Tonga,Another beach-house
Tonga,beach-house
Tonga, mat weaving
Tonga, Girls dancing
Tonga, Blue starfish
Thu 10 Jun 03:19
More pigs wandering around Tonga
Huge tree near anchorage Vavau
Suckling pig at Tongan banquet
Jelly fish anchorage in Vavau
Suppliers worth using
Pigs wander the streets and open spaces
Mon 7 Jun 05:49
Fw: Togo Chasm, Niue
Sun 6 Jun 04:32
Humpback whale, Niue
Pacific ocean, wind, 3-4knots,flat sea
May 2010
Mon 31 May 05:07
Three rainbows at the same time
Lisa with fouled anchor
Dick surfacing after freeing anchor
Dick being towed back after dive
Mon 24 May 01:09
Goodbye to Bora Bora
Motu at start of Leg 7
Dick fixing parasailor
Dick repairing genoa
Morning has broken
Bora Bora Yacht club
Ciao is the champion
Mon 17 May 03:33
Welcome to Bora Bora
Towing dinghies to the start line
I spy Bora Bora
Sun 16 May 22:05
Hot boat, burnt feet, Faaroa
Thirsty?. Pick a coconut
Sat 8 May 21:36
Cooks Bay, Moorea,Society Islands,French Polynesia
Tue 4 May 19:50
Fishing in Lagoon, Tahiti
Apr 2010
Sun 25 Apr 02:42
Shark cruising near the sugar scoops
Sun 18 Apr 02:15
Bev hoists Moe up the mast
Sun 11 Apr 22:32
one of the tikis at Paumau
Mon 5 Apr 20:15
Going ashore at Baie Vaitahu
Thu 1 Apr 21:49
Dick alongside Rio Lencois
bridge across rapids
Serra de Bacia
Laundry drying
Building2 Lencois
Building1 Lencois
houses near French Bank
French Bank(yellow) when mining town
Horses beside Rio Lencois
Morro do Pai Inacio
orchid
Exploring Brazil
Mar 2010
Tue 30 Mar 01:10
3 weeks weed growth on the boat
Tue 16 Mar 17:58
Dick catches a fish!
Thu 11 Mar 20:38
Transport from airport
Fri 5 Mar 14:34
Post box at Floreana
Feb 2010
Thu 25 Feb 15:53
Sea lion on boat
Mon 22 Feb 22:14
Moe and Bev join the boat
Mon 15 Feb 21:38
Neptune came to visit
Sat 6 Feb 20:38
An iguana on its way to the cooking pot
Mon 1 Feb 20:33
2010-WARC-week 4
Jan 2010
Sun 24 Jan 15:33
WARC week 3
Fri 15 Jan 16:23
2010- WARC, week 2
Sat 9 Jan 21:14
WARC- week 1
Sat 2 Jan 13:55
Pre-WARC, Messing about in the Caribbean
2009
Dec 2009
Sat 26 Dec 15:04
Antigua for Christmas
Sun 20 Dec 11:38
ARC 2009-Week 2 in St Lucia
Thu 10 Dec 19:07
Fruit and flags
ARC 2009-Now in Rodney Bay, St Lucia
Wed 9 Dec 21:52
Arc Day 18 - End of Passage
Tue 8 Dec 22:39
Arc Day 17 - Yes, we have no bananas
Mon 7 Dec 22:45
Arc Day 16 - Defrost the fridge
Sun 6 Dec 23:35
Arc Day 15 - Sail fish
Sat 5 Dec 21:50
Our Medic doing his stuff
Arc Day 14 - Storm at Sea
Fri 4 Dec 20:52
Arc Day 12+1 - Calendar boys
Thu 3 Dec 22:36
Arc Day 12 - Minke whale
Wed 2 Dec 21:59
Austin does Splicing
Arc Day 11 - Welcome back Parasailor
Tue 1 Dec 20:52
Arc Day 10 - Also a Squadron
Nov 2009
Mon 30 Nov 23:47
Arc Day 9 - Half Way
Sun 29 Nov 22:21
Day 7 - -All by Ourselves
Sat 28 Nov 22:16
Parasailor with an Atlantic Sunset
Another batch of Rock Cakes...
Arc Day 7 - Dorado
Fri 27 Nov 19:19
Arc Day 6 - Happy Birthday Bro
Hair today, gone tomorrow
Thu 26 Nov 19:01
Arc Day 5 - Who has time to get bored?
3 men in a boat
Chris laying out waiting for a big wave to hit
Dick starts his daily workout
Passing Thor VI boat 190, nice to see another yacht
Arc Day 4 - Baking Day
Austin Fishing
Arc Day 3 - Introducing the Cast
Tue 24 Nov 15:52
Arc Day 2 - Unplanned MOB Drill
Basil Palm Tree
Sun 22 Nov 16:25
ARC 2009-We are off
Band on pontoon before we left
ARC 2009-day 1
Sat 21 Nov 17:51
The week before the ARC crossing
Sun 15 Nov 15:12
Two weeks before we set off for the Caribbean
Sun 8 Nov 18:45
Las Palmas to the UK
Oct 2009
Sun 25 Oct 19:26
Las Palmas,pre-ARC
Sat 17 Oct 17:49
Tenerife to Gran Canaria
Sun 11 Oct 11:20
Cruising the archipelago of the Canaries
Sat 3 Oct 17:57
Salvagem islands to La Gomera, Canaries
Sep 2009
Sat 26 Sep 11:21
Porto Santo to Salvagem islands
Mon 21 Sep 12:20
Gibraltar to Porto Santo, Madeira
Sat 5 Sep 16:23
Moraira to Gibraltar
Fri 4 Sep 13:53
Cruising Ibiza
Aug 2009
Sat 22 Aug 13:19
Cruising Ibiza
Sun 16 Aug 14:11
Off to Ibiza
Sat 8 Aug 09:25
Off to Mallorca
Sat 1 Aug 13:25
Arrival in Mahon
Jul 2009
Sun 26 Jul 13:11
Holidaytime in Sardinia
Mon 20 Jul 16:45
To Alghero from Cagliari
Sat 11 Jul 14:17
Sardinia-week 1
Sun 5 Jul 17:01
Sicily to Sardinia
Aeolian islands to Sicily
Jun 2009
Tue 30 Jun 15:58
Cruising the Aeolian islands
Mon 22 Jun 14:49
Corfu to Aeolian islands
Sat 13 Jun 14:24
Return to Corfu
Sat 6 Jun 16:16
Traveling to Dubrovnik
Mon 1 Jun 14:37
Cruising Croatia
May 2009
Sat 30 May 14:40
Cruising Croatia
Sat 23 May 10:10
Off to Venice
Fri 15 May 17:26
Off to Croatia
Fri 8 May 08:03
Welcome Caroline
Sat 2 May 15:27
Off to Corfu
Apr 2009
Sun 26 Apr 10:59
Week following Greek Easter
Mon 20 Apr 12:36
Week 1 at Prevasa
Mon 13 Apr 18:42
Winter 2008/2009
Winter 2008/2009
2008
Nov 2008
Sat 1 Nov 13:59
End of the sailing season for 2008
Oct 2008
Fri 24 Oct 08:54
3rd week of October
Sun 19 Oct 09:26
Mid October in the Ionian
Sat 11 Oct 13:54
The last of the summer
Sat 4 Oct 07:18
Northern Ionian
Sep 2008
Sat 27 Sep 07:15
Diving
Fri 19 Sep 12:59
The sea goes up and down
Sat 13 Sep 07:20
Indian summer
Sat 6 Sep 14:28
Is it a first?
Aug 2008
Sat 30 Aug 09:57
Short week
Sun 24 Aug 12:42
Sailing the southern Cyclades
Sat 16 Aug 13:47
The windy Aegean
Mon 11 Aug 12:22
Moving west
Sat 2 Aug 14:44
School is out for the summer
Jul 2008
Mon 14 Jul 11:35
Now there are only 2 of us
Wed 9 Jul 16:15
Peter, week 2
Fri 4 Jul 07:23
Caroline's last week
Jun 2008
Mon 30 Jun 13:49
After the EMYR
Sat 21 Jun 17:44
EMYR blog, Week 7
Fri 13 Jun 10:24
Correct pics, week 6 EMYR
EMYR week 6
Sun 8 Jun 16:39
EMYR week 5
Mon 2 Jun 14:20
EMYR-week 4
May 2008
Thu 22 May 11:36
EMYR rally - week 3
Fri 16 May 07:52
EMYR RALLY week 2
Sun 11 May 17:53
Start of the EMYR Rally
Fri 2 May 14:07
Week 4
Apr 2008
Sun 27 Apr 14:39
Week 3 in Turkey
Mon 21 Apr 17:08
Week 2
Tue 15 Apr 13:31
Pictures from Marmaris
Pictures from Marmaris
Pictures from Marmaris
New season
Mar 2008
Tue 4 Mar 11:53
Tucanon Picture