Marina Cala Galera and Porto Ercole

Well we stayed in Martinella two nights, there was some sort of celebration on Friday night with a live band who sadly didn’t sound very good. We left because the wind had swung round and the wavesWeiterlesen
Elba, Lido de Capoliveri

We had a long (8hour) but uneventful crossing from mainland Italy to the island of Elba. Elba is famous for Napoleons stay and for its opencast iron ore mines the last one of which closed in 1984.Weiterlesen
PortoFerraio

Today we attempted to catch a bus into the capital Town on Elba, first fail was because operating system on iPad is not modern enough for us to download the bus app, second fail was we couldn’tWeiterlesen
Capoliveri town and headland

Here are photos from our walk around Capoliveri headland. It was a gorgeous day, the walk from the boat to the town of Capoliveri was shaded and only one section on a busy road. The town was veryWeiterlesen
Arrivederci Italy, Bonjour France

We decided to head to Corsica though if you saw our plot you would see the decision wasn’t an easy one I kept changing my mind, but the crossing was calm and we arrived without any problems inWeiterlesen
Port Taverno

Arty pictures from our walk along the beach south of Taverno Port and a house and tower at Plage de Prunete
Solenzara and journey to Porto Vecchio

So yesterday’s journey was a pleasant one patches of sunshine and calm seas just not a lot too see as immediate coastline very very flat. We arrived at Solenzara but they ignored me until I spoke inWeiterlesen
PortoVecchio

Here are some photos from our walk around the historic old town of Porto Vecchio. The old part was lovely and had some beautiful looking shops, cafes and restaurants we ate a delicious lunch set menuWeiterlesen
Gurgazu, Golfe de Sant Amanza

Forecast wasn’t great so after our time in Vecchio we headed south stopping for lunch and a dip in Golfe de Rondinara, an almost idyllic horseshoe bay but it was still experiencing swell and theWeiterlesen
Iles Lavezzi

Winds have eased so we decided to head out to one of the Corsican Marine Reserves Iles Lavezzi. After we cleared the headland from our anchorage we realised that there were even more tugs out hereWeiterlesen
Northern Maddalena group & Isla Caprera

As much as we wanted to stay we had already bought our permits for the Maddalena Marine Reserve off Northern Sardinia so we headed South and a little East to Cala Giorgio Marino. This an anchorage inWeiterlesen
Caprera day 1

Well we decided to ride out the first bit of bad weather at the anchorage on Isla Caprera called Stagnali. Another Cruising Association member had written a good review telling us how to check busWeiterlesen
Caprera day 2

So long walk today, we went from Stagnali on route 5 to Poggia Rasu, which is actually two big forts on the islands east coast, originally 18th century but like the Guernsey ones added to and changedWeiterlesen
Santa Teresa di Gallura

So from Caprera we moved west onto Mainland Sardinia first travelling south around San Stefano island which used to be a NATO base, and then along the North of Sardinia, popping into Porto Puddu,Weiterlesen
Bonifacio

We had a horrible crossing from Santa Teresa to Bonifacio sea was all over the place, very rolly, and it RAINED! Thank goodness it was only a two hour trip. We moored up with assistance from the boatWeiterlesen
Campomoro

Another lumpy cold trip this time round the south west corner of Corsica, fortunately the sun came out as we arrived and we were able to find a lovely sheltered anchorage out of the swell which on theWeiterlesen
Ajaccio/Corte

We arrived in Ajaccio around 16:00 after an extended lunch stop on the southern edge of the gulf where we tried to clean the hull of some the slime that had built over over the summer on the river. WeWeiterlesen
Liscia

Well having completed a shop before we left at Carrefour we are now on the final leg of our Corsican adventure heading North from Ajaccio towards Calvi. We have stopped over night in Liscia and expectWeiterlesen
Girolata

Sadly I woke at 03:30 because we were rolling so much, not good, we lasted until 06:30 then as it was light enough to see we got up and got underway munching on a banana each in lieu of breakfast.Weiterlesen
Calvi

Final Corsican Port, the plan is still to head off tomorrow afternoon towards mainland France. The scenery on this part of the trip also good and as a bit calmer I took some photos to show you all.Weiterlesen
Calvi

We checked the forecast again and we either cross to the mainland later today or not for a week so we will chance it later but first of all a quick bit of shopping. Bugger the French have a NationalWeiterlesen
Beaulieu-Sur -Mer

We made it 92Nm and 16hours later, it wasn’t the worst crossing but definitely not the nicest either fortunately all my preparation helped and I was able to do all my shifts. We could see the glowWeiterlesen
Monaco

John has never been and I only visited for a few hours so we decided to visit Monaco 🇲🇨 and add another country to our blog. We almost didn’t get there as initially we were waiting for theWeiterlesen
Crown Princes Cars

Well we were staying in Beaulieu so thought we should go see some cars.
Nice in Nice

So this time we took a bus and headed south to Nice, stopping at the Port and walking around the headland and up to the view point for a great look out over the city. We were lucky enough to watch anWeiterlesen
ReisenderLove Martinella. That’s where we stay 😊