Cruising again the start of the return
 March 25, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
 March 25, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
						We had a great last night in Levkas Marina there was even a party in our honour, well almost, it was both for the marina leavers and to celebrate the owners of the Porto Cafe having managed it for 5Read more
Ionion Marina Yard in Aktio
 March 30, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
 March 30, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
						The boat was lifted yesterday a little late due to a scheduled power out but all chucked by 13:00, nice and close to power and water but sadly the toilet block next to us is out of action as they areRead more
Boat maintenance done!
 April 6, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
 April 6, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
						Hurray we have finished the antifouling, and received the completed insurance survey. Survey was great just need to replace one of the rollers on the anchor bow roller, we had noticed but then forgotRead more
Greek bureaucracy
 April 11, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
 April 11, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
						Well sadly we are still here in the yard at Preveza waiting to receive the transducer that will fill the 2inch hole we currently have in the bottom of the boat. You really wouldn’t believe what aRead more
Cycle to Vonitsa
 April 14, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
 April 14, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
						Nice day today so after John has applied another coat of paint to the inside of the old gas locker than he had cleaned a few days ago, I managed to persuade him that we should go for a bike ride. NotRead more
Floating again !!
 April 19, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
 April 19, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
						Well it took a while but we are back on the water. The boat was all ready to go except for the new transducer for the the depth sounder, a week after lifting but it took over 2.5 weeks for theRead more
Damp but underway in Meganissi
 April 22, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
 April 22, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
						We got the fuel in Preveza it was 35c a litre cheaper than at Lefkas Marina, then next day after buying some olive oil, olives and honey from the back of a scooter we headed back south to the turningRead more
Sivota and Vliho
 April 23, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
 April 23, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
						From Meganissi we headed west then south to Sivota, on south of Lefkada. It was interesting to see it open as when we had visited before in December everything was closed. We met Nick and Gemma andRead more
Orthodox Easter in Greece
 April 28, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
 April 28, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
						Just spent a wonderful day with Stephanie K and her family celebrating Easter Sunday in a typically Greek fashion with the whole family and lots of friends at the family villa just up the hill inRead more
Easter Sunday early morning parade
 April 28, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
 April 28, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
						As I mentioned the flame of Christ is flown in and after a church service the priests light the congregations candles and the congregation then light everyone else’s candles. Unfortunately it was aRead more
Northwards
 April 29, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
 April 29, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
						After the Easter BBQ we, well I had a lovely swim, john lifeguarded then we headed back to spend the night in Vliho where we had a look at all the boats that appeared to have been abandoned then backRead more
Lakka north of Paxos
 May 4, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
 May 4, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
						Did a couple of nice walks between Mongonisi and Gaios saw the house John wants to buy and renovate, we then travelled north and went through Gaios harbour and up to Lakka, lots of our Levkas MarinaRead more
Next stop Mourtos Islands
 May 9, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
 May 9, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
						While near Igoumenitsa we took the bikes ashore, dodging the cow pats, cows and dogs, and rode into town. It was nice enough but not sure where real people shop, there were loads of tavernas and cafesRead more
Benitses on Corfu
 May 10, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
 May 10, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
						We had a lovely Liberation Day evening in Sivota town, the bar we went to gave us free crisps, two coffee shot cocktails and a little toasted sandwich 🥪. The meal was also good and we got to watchRead more
Starvos Mount near Benitses
 May 12, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
 May 12, 2019 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
						Took a stroll today up to the mountain top well a bit more of a scrabble in places I think we were up at 435m. Saw lots of lovely views, newts, a mini more, 1830s aqueduct, phone box, lots of churchesRead more
Corfu town
 May 13, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
 May 13, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
						After a blowy night and with a very damp forecast for the day ahead we headed by bus to Corfu town to be proper tourists for the day see the sights we missed last year. The old fort was impressive,Read more
North past Corfu town to Ag Stefanos
 May 15, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
 May 15, 2019 in Greece ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
						We departed Benitses after a lovely if very wet couple of days and motored our way up past Corfu Town and on to Ag Stefanos for coffee/ beer. Very relaxing location with some nice walks aroundRead more
Albania - New country for John
 May 16, 2019 in Albania ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
 May 16, 2019 in Albania ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
						We spent yesterday and last night in Sarandë in Albania. For those of you not in the know, if you have a non EU registered boat, we do, and don’t want the authorities to consider that you haveRead more
Return to Italy
 May 18, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
 May 18, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
						Bongioro Hello from Italy 🇮🇹 we travelled west from Albania and anchored up just North of Orthoni, the North western most of the Greek islands. Unfortunately on our way to the anchorage JohnRead more
Return to Gallipoli (Italy)
 May 24, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
 May 24, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
						The trip from Saint Maria up to Gallipoli wasn’t the smoothest, but I was on the helm for 3 hours and that definitely helped. Unfortunately when I took a break on a smoother patch I noticed wetRead more
Taranto
 May 27, 2019 in Italy ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
 May 27, 2019 in Italy ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
						From Gallipoli to Taranto, and this trip surprisingly was actually calmer than forecast making us wish we had headed straight across the Gulf of Taranto instead of into it. Our plans to anchor off SanRead more
Alberobello
 May 28, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
 May 28, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
						We got there eventually and I’m glad we made the effort, we bought our online tickets and waited early at the first bus stop only for bus to go sailing past us even though I was waving at him, nextRead more
Ciro Marina
 June 1, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
 June 1, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
						After a slow start we are now making swifter progress west. We spent another night in Taranto and used the day to visit Martina Franca photos attached, this is where we changed buses to go toRead more
Ciro - La Castella - Rocella Ionica
 June 5, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
 June 5, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
						36nM calm trip yesterday from Ciro, we didn’t end up paying as no one in the office when they said or later that evening or the next morning. We watched the first half of the Champions League finalRead more













































































































































