Algarve, Portugal, August

We live in interesting times. I don’t believe that anyone could have really predicted the last few months nor indeed the next. Our grand tour of Europe for 2020, including seeing some of our family visiting from Australia and catching up with our dare2go family in Croatia, has been superseded by being stationary at Vilamoura…

Our New Directions

  We were quietly making our way north again after leaving Paddington Basin, with the intention of securing winter moorings at Dunchurch Pools Marina near Rugby while we headed for warmer climates, when a letter from the Home Office arrived which caught us off guard and immediately had us reassessing our future plans. I had…

Cruising South July to September 2019

    We returned from our Greek Odyssey tired but happy, and ready to continue our waterway journeys. Repairs and Maintenance Prior to our holiday we had arranged for a new gearbox to be fitted to Celtic Maid in the Marina where we had left her. The very leaky and noisy old gearbox was a…

Our Greek Odyssey

View from our balcony Four Seasons Hotel Thassos Island View from our balcony Four Seasons Hotel Thassos Island – by night Town square in Megalo Kazaviti, Thassos Town square in Megalo Kazaviti, Thassos Megalo Kazaviti, Thassos Bob and Bron in Megalo Kazaviti, Thassos Chris and Jim in Megalo Kazaviti, Thassos Fari Beach, Thassos Paradise Beach…

Family Cruising May and June 2019

We had a very enjoyable and busy couple of months cruising with treasured family members, through some absolutely awesome countryside in England and Wales, and using some pretty amazing engineering along the way. Judy and Ted arrive While Bob remained on Celtic Maid, I headed to London to finally and successfully complete the Life in…